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View submission: Problems with the is/ought fallacy?
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.
Comment by wokeupabug at 12/09/2019 at 07:56 UTC
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It's commonly misunderstood in popular comments. For some reason people have got the idea that it implies moral nihilism--Sam Harris has mischaracterized it in this way, and that seems to be where some people are getting this from, but the misunderstanding seems to be broader than that.