Difference between revisions of "Talk:Denial of the is/ought gap"

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Awesome subject to bring! I wonder if it's entirely a moral preference though. Isn't there a factual component to the statement that there is a distinction between the two realms? I'll have to think about it! [[User:JFG|JFG]] ([[User talk:JFG|talk]]) 20:51, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
Awesome subject to bring! I wonder if it's entirely a moral preference though. Isn't there a factual component to the statement that there is a distinction between the two realms? I'll have to think about it! [[User:JFG|JFG]] ([[User talk:JFG|talk]]) 20:51, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
: I’m tending towards ‘ethical’ because his suggestion that natural human aversion to suffering crosses the is/ought boundary is an ethical characterization of the facts. OTOH, whether moral conclusions can be construed as facts is also in question here. Let’s put it as both. [[User:Naberius|Naberius]] 23:40, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

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Awesome subject to bring! I wonder if it's entirely a moral preference though. Isn't there a factual component to the statement that there is a distinction between the two realms? I'll have to think about it! JFG (talk) 20:51, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

I’m tending towards ‘ethical’ because his suggestion that natural human aversion to suffering crosses the is/ought boundary is an ethical characterization of the facts. OTOH, whether moral conclusions can be construed as facts is also in question here. Let’s put it as both. Naberius 23:40, 22 January 2022 (UTC)