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    Abelard's emphasis on intentio shows that moral weight attaches to the sincere act of conscientious judgment itself, not to its syllogistic correctness, undermining the deductive model's normative priority.

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    Abelard
    # Abelard Peter Abelard (1079–1142) was a French philosopher and theologian who became famous for his brilliant teaching at the University of Paris and for his tragic love affair with Héloïse, a student who became a nun. He developed new ways of thinking about logic and reasoning, and challenged church authorities by questioning whether blind faith alone was enough—he believed people should use their minds to understand religious beliefs. His life and ideas made him one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the medieval period.
    conscientious judgment(the sincere act that Abelard says has moral importance)
    A careful, honest decision made by someone who is genuinely trying to do what they believe is right.
    deductive model(the traditional approach that Abelard challenges)
    A way of thinking about morality based on logical rules and formal reasoning, where you start with general principles and apply them to specific situations.
    intentio
    The intentional content of a res as absolute essence, from which being is external though not really distinct

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    moral weight(as used in ethics)
    How serious or significant a wrong action is; how much it matters ethically.
    normative priority(what the statement says the deductive model claims but Abelard denies)
    The idea that something is most important or should come first when deciding what is right or what we should do.
    syllogistic correctness(what the statement says should not be the main measure of moral worth)
    Whether an argument follows the rules of formal logic (syllogism)—a way of checking if reasoning is logically sound, like checking if a math proof works.

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