RE: Any Nihilists here?
August 21, 2023 at 7:39 am
(This post was last modified: August 21, 2023 at 7:40 am by FrustratedFool.)
Let's find out and see.
A) Alex punches Bob. This damages Bob and hurts him. We can then say, generally, that punching people hurts people. If I was unconvinced of this I could be presented with the evidence via sense datum that it is so, and could reasonably be convinced.
B) Alex has a one metre long length of rope. I can use a rule/measure to measure that rope and become convinced that it is, truly, one metre long.
These are similar.
But where is the statement 'Alex punching Bob was wrong' coming from? How is that being measured, observed, deduced?
Oughts don't follow from is. And moral statements are oughts.
A) Alex punches Bob. This damages Bob and hurts him. We can then say, generally, that punching people hurts people. If I was unconvinced of this I could be presented with the evidence via sense datum that it is so, and could reasonably be convinced.
B) Alex has a one metre long length of rope. I can use a rule/measure to measure that rope and become convinced that it is, truly, one metre long.
These are similar.
But where is the statement 'Alex punching Bob was wrong' coming from? How is that being measured, observed, deduced?
Oughts don't follow from is. And moral statements are oughts.
