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MODULE: Values
Reasoning about values might also be called "normative reasoning". Very generally, it refers to thinking about issues concerning what is right or wrong, good or bad, or what might or might not be valuable. Normative reasoning encompasses not just reasoning about morality and virtues, the justification and legitimacy of rules and social institutions, but also aesthetic values and the meaning of life.
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- Are you a moral relativist? - This is a fun quiz that tests the consistency of your moral beliefs.
In this module:
- Introduction
- [U01] Moral values
- [U02] Instrumental values
- [U03] Religion & morality
- [U04] Absolutism vs contextualism
- [U05] Moral relativism
- [U06] Reflective equilibrium
- [U07] Analogies in morality
- [U08] Utility, rights and virtues
- [U09] Types of rights
Main modules
- C. About critical thinking
- M. Meaning analysis
- A. Argument analysis
- L. Basic logic
- SL. Sentential logic
- Q. Predicate logic
- V. Venn diagrams
- S. Scientific reasoning
- T. Basic statistics
- G. Strategic thinking
- U. Values and morality
- F. Fallacies & biases
- R. Creativity
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The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think -- rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.
Bill Beattie
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