Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agoFor people who've taken philosophy classes, was there something you learned that you now use everyday?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down14
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareFor people who've taken philosophy classes, was there something you learned that you now use everyday?Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoThe correct thing to do is what we are doing now because it is what we are doing now which is correct. We OUGHT to do what IS. It’s a sneaky fallacy.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is–ought_problem
What is “ought from an is”?
The correct thing to do is what we are doing now because it is what we are doing now which is correct.
We OUGHT to do what IS.
It’s a sneaky fallacy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is–ought_problem