| What is a theory? A theory is a based upon a person's own hypostasis and backed by evidence. Which Means it can describe a behavior and it can be backed with futurepredictions and with the behavior patterns. From the assigned reading I can now tell if a theory is valid by using the three types that they speak about in pg. 1.6 of Ethic and SocialResponsibility (Kurt Mosser).1. utilitarianism suggest that there is an obvious solution that is fair, and it may be one that appeals to common sense as well 2. deontology which means "duty" focuses on what we are obligated to do as rational moral agents. 3. virtue ethics which Seeks to determine not what makes an act good but what makes a person virtuous. It also talks about a sort of choice one can make to distinguish whether or not it is a theory I believe this is where he says to use this term" dialectical. theory that cannot be applied is not very helpful, but trying to understand ethical problems without some sort of theoretical apparatus is to risk proceeding without any guidance at all." 2013 Bridgepoint Education, Inc. Which means that we should see if it is a fact or an opinion. Because sometimes we can assume things like just because girls like dresses that all girls should wear dresses. Which is just an opinion and not a fact. And we have to distinguish that so we can see if the conversation can move forward so to speak. This is how we can be able to distinguish whether or not a conversation has validity or if you should probably just not endorse the idea all together. Retrieved from : https://content.ashford.edu/books/AUSOC120.13.2/sections/fm | 
