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| the belief that an ethical system is justified if it is the most coherent thing to believe of all the available options. |
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| The belief that an ethical principle is justified if all free and equal rational people would accept it. |
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| a justification of morality based on what promotes the "good life." |
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| The belief that the first principles of morality must be self-evident, obviously true, or impossible to deny. |
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| justification of morality |
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| To justify something is to prove that it is just, right, or valid; gives reasons why we should care about morality. |
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| the belief that an element of faith must beinvolved in accepting morality because we cannot prove anything. |
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| belief that our acceptance of morality must be based on our sentimental dispositions and not on any rational proof. |
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| cultural continuity in social attitudes, customs, and institutions; once metaethical theory holds that morality only makes sense within a tradition. |
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