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Necessary condition

A condition without which another statement does not obtain. Q is a necessary condition for Pin the claim, “If P then Q.” If Q does not obtain, P does not…

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Natural kind

Those entities that reflect the underlying structure of reality and therefore provide the modal basis for laws of nature. https://youtube.com/shorts/_wZ19PK2P_s?feature=share

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Myth of the given

Argument due to John Sellars against the traditional empiricist view that knowledge of the external world is inferred from immediately given sense data, on the grounds that any such sense…

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Morality

The set of beliefs about right and wrong, or that which is praise worthy or blame worthy. https://youtube.com/shorts/NwuAedlgIGA?feature=share

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Moral theory

A theory about right and wrong, or that which is praise worthy or blame worthy. https://youtube.com/shorts/p24za82RrAM?feature=share

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Moral reasoning

Reasoning about right and wrong, or that which is praise worthy or blame worthy https://youtube.com/shorts/YQ_4vGHXRHM?feature=share

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Moral luck

The idea that at least some actions depend in part on luck or chance. https://youtube.com/shorts/yTXdtdFlS30?feature=share

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Moral evil

A way of appraising human choices, actions, and outcomes. https://youtube.com/shorts/dGMb-CZ12Gc?feature=share

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Moral calculus

The procedure of determining the morality of a particular case, typically in connection with deliberations about what to do. https://youtube.com/shorts/vKFQ1FO7qLI?feature=share

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