PH, You Cannot Rely on Hume No Ought From Is.

Should you think about your duty, or about the consequences of your actions? Or should you concentrate on becoming a good person?

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Veritas Aequitas
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PH, You Cannot Rely on Hume No Ought From Is.

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PH, you have often rely on Hume's "No Ought From Is" [NOFI] to insist that Morality cannot be objective because all moral elements are not matters of fact, and you often cite Hume's NOFI as your basis.

I have argued,
There are Two Senses of 'What is Fact'
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=39587

Your sense of 'what is fact' is based on philosophical realism which is grounded on an illusion;
Why Philosophical Realism is Illusory
viewtopic.php?t=40167
PH's Philosophical Realism is Illusory
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=39992

On the other hand Hume's matter of fact is a sort of human-based FSK-ed fact;
see this thread;
Hume's matter of fact is empirically based;
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=34693

As such, your claim that morality is not objective based on Hume's NOFI is invalid.

Your counter to the above?
Veritas Aequitas
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Re: PH, You Cannot Rely on Hume No Ought From Is.

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Re: PH, You Cannot Rely on Hume No Ought From Is.

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So, the important thing is defeating PH. At least a couple of links have unresponded to posts by other people, but the main reason to post is to get PH to say 'uncle.'
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