[MD] A Science of Morals

[Steven Peterson]

This Just In!!!!

I haven't even read it yet.


http://www.samharris.org/faq/full_text/how-can-you-derive-an-ought-from-an-is/




On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Steven Peterson
<peterson.steve at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>