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This post – in less overtly philosophical language… We can talk about what something factually is and we can also talk about what it is worth. Science can tell us factually what a foetus is, but not what it is worth. We can talk about the way things ‘do’ behave, and we can also talk about the way things should . . . → Read More: it’s going good A quick thought about the is-ought distinction. I still hold that you cannot derive an ethical ‘ought’ from a scientific ‘is’. I also think we cannot derive oughts from philosophical kinds of is. Here’s what I mean. It could be suggested that an ought can simply be inferred directly from what something is. For example, it could be argued . . . → Read More: ought thought |
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