[MD] A Science of Morals

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Craig,

>
> [Steve]
>> How can a description of how the world is tell us about
>> how the world ought to be?
>
> Harris's argument:
> i) How the world ought to be, relates to the well-being of sentient beings
> ii) The well-being of sentient beings relates to how the world is
> iii) How the world is relates to how we describe the world
> iv) :. How the world ought to be relates to how we describe the world Craig

Steve:
I completely understand that all these things are related, but saying
that A relates to B is not the same as A implies B. Somewhere in here
for example we need to posit that we ought to be concerned about the
well-being of sentient beings. We are of course concerned about them,
but how does that fact lead us to conclude that we ought to be
concerned about them?

Best,
Steve