Comment by DieFreien on 12/09/2019 at 11:22 UTC

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View submission: Problems with the is/ought fallacy?

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I agree. My primary concern was to do with Moral Nihilism. I think a lot of people read Hume's Guillotine, misconstrue the takeaway, and run around screaming "it's all a fairytale".

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Comment by DrTenmaz at 12/09/2019 at 11:26 UTC

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I think that's a pretty common attitude, especially when people are first exposed to the is-ought problem. It's definitely interesting and worthwhile thinking about, but I think it's a little overblown. This article[1] by Peter Singer is actually a pretty good take on it.

1: https://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/197301--.htm