Moral Oughts

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That would depend on their evaluative premise.

Stealing is wrong.
You shouldn’t do wrong
Therefore you shouldn’t steal

follows, so it’s at least a candidate for objective truth.

But

Stealing is wrong
Sometimes you should do wrong
Therefore you shouldn’t steal

Doesn’t follow, and so....categorically, is not a candidate for an objective truth.

Most moral disagreement happens at the level of evaluative premises, with more sophisticated premises capable of supporting ( and handling) a wider range of purported moral truths and moral scenarios.

So an ought is derived via a subjective goal?

Ie if my goal is to buy an Xbox, then I ought to steal. If my goal is to not do something wrong than I ought not steal.

If i don’t have a goal to avoid doing wrong, than I should do whatever I want.