That is to say, opinions that are held just because are no good, not valid, bogus.
Ethical convictions are no exception.
In this course I hope to drive that home. This course is about exploring what kinds of arguments work, which don t and why this is the case. I will divide the course in four phases. In Phase I we will review basic concepts relating to critical thinking and argumentation. Phase III will consist of a survey of different kinds of formal logic systems.