08 February 2020
Word of the Day: Probabilism
PROBABILISM. The moral theory that holds that a law against whose existence
or application there stands a solidly probable argument does not bind. It is
based on the principle that a doubtful law does not bind. It then excludes other
theories as either too strict or too lax about the degree of doubt or probability
that would exempt one from the obligation of a doubtful law. (Etym. Latin probabilis,
likely, credible.)
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