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  • The answer to the is-ought problem.
    ↪James Dean Conroy
    Yeah, there's no shortage of jackasses in the world lol.

    "Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
  • The answer to the is-ought problem.
    ↪James Dean Conroy
    I know the feeling lol
  • The answer to the is-ought problem.
    ↪James Dean Conroy
    Yes, I think we're on the same page :smile: . (Bah someone else thought of it too haha.)
  • Can the existence of God be proved?
    I can prove it (not kidding). Unfortunately though, I want to try profit from my sage powers so I have to ask for a small fee. :grimace:
  • The answer to the is-ought problem.
    ↪I like sushi
    I agree that other lifeforms are not self aware the way we are. I would argue that our advanced development allows self-actualisation. The fundamental property of life, however, is the same across the board.
  • The answer to the is-ought problem.
    ↪I like sushi
    It's more than just our neurological development. Even the most simple lifeforms display self-preservation, it permeates all life.
  • The answer to the is-ought problem.
    ↪Banno
    Like I've said, Moore's argument is about meta ethics, you're asking about applied ethics, which requires further elaboration and would take the topic in another direction.
  • The answer to the is-ought problem.
    ↪Wayfarer
    So what if it's self-published and new? And I've discussed the main point of the thread, I'm just not going to go on a tangent to other topics.
  • The answer to the is-ought problem.
    ↪Banno
    I'm not going to get into applied ethics for now, but if you're interested there's a link to a book I wrote in my profile that deals with meta, applied ethics and more :smile: .
  • The answer to the is-ought problem.
    ↪Banno
    Yes.
  • The answer to the is-ought problem.
    ↪Banno
    The argument is about the nature of right and wrong, saying it isn't reducible to a property on its own. Which is correct, it isn't the property, but rather the relation and effect of the property to the entity being alive.
  • The answer to the is-ought problem.
    ↪AmadeusD
    It is, because is-ought isn't about specific prescriptions but the nature of prescription itself.
  • The answer to the is-ought problem.
    ↪AmadeusD

    You're right that on it's own it is subjective. This is the text that follows in the chapter :wink:
    "This on its own, however, does not help us determine what is right or wrong specifically. We can easily descend into murderous chaos in the notion that our actions are for survival or self-preservation. To go deeper, we must first, go beyond."
  • An Effective Gambit (Ethics)
    Are you aware that the slave trade was occurring in Africa before Europeans ever got there?
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