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View submission: Problems with the is/ought fallacy?
OH! So, basically, you cannot logically argue that "murder is wrong" if your premise is "murder causes people to die". However, you CAN argue murder is wrong if your premise is "causing death is wrong". So, I now fully comprehend the application of this fallacy. Correct me if I am still wrong, but, in this sense, couldn't I disagree with the premise of "causing death is wrong" since the premise implies it wrong due to the consequences of causing death? Couldn't I say that the argument is unsound because of this?
Comment by wokeupabug at 12/09/2019 at 07:49 UTC
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couldn't I disagree with the premise
You can always disagree with any premise, which is why people try to support premises they think their interlocutors won't accept--for example, by giving arguments for them.