Comment by wokeupabug on 12/09/2019 at 07:49 UTC

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View submission: Problems with the is/ought fallacy?

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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.

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Comment by DieFreien at 12/09/2019 at 07:52 UTC

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Thank you! I actually had a very personal reason for this: I have been battling Moral Nihilism recently. After your explanations, I have realized most of these Nihilists lack the education to properly use Hume's Guillotine.