Is-Ought Problem

Question 1

Hume Is-Ought problem?

Answer 1

• is and ought statements in totally different realms.
  -many ethicists make error of going from statements about world to statements about how we ought to behave in the world

Question 2

IS

Answer 2

Can be described by science
descriptive statements
matter of fact (independent of humans)
about the world

Question 3

OUGHT

Answer 3

-a judgement
-normative statement
-values (dependent on humans)
about ethics

Question 4

Humes main point

Answer 4

-cant move from an is to an ought
-cant move from a statement about the world to a statement about what a human ought to do in that world .
-illogical argument