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| Correctness: is a property of systems or calculi, not of conclusions. A system is correct when all the statements provable in it are true. The system is complete when all valid statements in it are also provable. Completeness and correctness are complementary; they are complementing each other to adequacy. (R. Stuhlmann-Laeisz, Philosophische Logik, Paderborn, 2002)._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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William David Ross on Correctness - Dictionary of Arguments
Rawls I 477 Accuracy/Correctness/Right/Good/W. D. Ross/Rawls: it might seem that the doctrine of acting out of pure conscientiousness is irrational. 1. The highest moral motive is the need to do the right thing, simply because it is right and just; no other description is justified. 2. While other motives undoubtedly have a justification - for example, because doing the right thing increases human happiness - these motives are morally less valuable than doing the right thing just because it is the right thing to do. Ross thesis: the sense of the right thing is the need for a certain (and unanalytic) object, because a certain (and unanalytic) property characterizes actions that are our duty. Other moral needs that are connected with the right things are not needs for the right things themselves. (See W. D. Ross, The Right and the Good (Oxford, 1930) pp. 157-160; W. D. Ross The Foundations of Ethics (Oxford, 1939) pp. 205f.) J. N. FindlayVsRoss/Rawls: turns the right thing into an arbitrary preference (See J. N. Findlay, Values and Intentions (London, 1961) pp. 213f.) --- I 478 RawlsVsRoss: a sense of the right thing understood in this way is not reasonable: It reminds of a preference for tea instead of coffee. Even if there is a preference for the right thing - making it a regulator of the basic structure of our society is extremely capricious. This is only obscured by the connection with reasonable grounds for correct judgments. Solution/Rawls: the principles of justice ensure that we live together with others according to the principles that everyone would accept as fair. (See Principles/Rawls.)_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Ross, W. D. Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28