0 a remark or statement that may be true but is boring and has no meaning because it has been said so many times before -- 陳腔濫調；老生常談
That contemporary tropes entered the language of politicians hardly moves beyond platitude.
For there are number of platitudes about utilitarianism and about how it relates to competitors like prioritarianism.
There were, in addition, a few niggling little platitudes dotted around here and there, but the writing style was competent, if a little sermonising.
That is, the term "red" names a certain property, one that satisfies a range of platitudes assumed by ordinary language users.
I will discuss the three types of platitudes in turn.
So because of the strong pressure to vindicate the platitude about ethical significance, there is also strong pressure to vindicate the utilitarian and prioritarian presupposition.
That is because of the platitude about ethical significance.
This result will be important when we return to the platitude about ethical significance.
