Syllogistic Decision Making
When philosophy is talked about in today's society one of the first things that comes to mind are the great philosophers: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Most everyone in modern days time knows about the great philosophers, but what most people do not know about is what type of philosopher they actually were. Truth be told, most people do not know a whole lot about philosophy except for a group of names. Well there are many different ways that philosophy can be broken down, and one of those ways is the type of moral theory that the philosopher supported. Moral theory is definitely not an everyday topic in today's fast paced world, but it was very prevalent back in the time of Socrates.
It is early Tuesday morning when Paul arrives at work. Like most days, Paul arrives before most of his fellow coworkers and makes a pot of coffee.
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The Eugene Public Library in Eugene, Oregon.
Snow after 8 inches or so fell in Eugene, Oregon.Paul then takes a seat at his desk and pulls out the morning paper. The morning headlines read "Syllogistic Decision Making and how it Effects Your Life." Syllogistic decision making, Paul has absolutely no idea what that is, and neither does most of America. To put it simply, syllogistic decision-making is decision making based on consequentiality and non consequentiality moral theories. Consequentialist and nonconsequentialist moral theories, what the devil is that? Well the easiest way to define consequentiality is the determination of the moral rightness solely by the action, whether it is right or wrong. An example would be Susie hitting Amy. Susie decides to hit Amy because Amy is dating a man that Susie is attracted to. The consequence of Susie hitting Amy is that Amy in return presses charges against Susie for battery in the first degree. With this example the consequence was obviously not good,