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You Cannot Logically Derive Ought From Is

Following Hume, you cannot derive an 'ought' from an 'is': by the rules of deductive logic, garbage in/garbage out, values in/values out, facts in/facts out—you cannot derive normative conclusions about what is morally right without including in your premises an assumption or axiom that relates to values; this is a straightforward computational/logical claim that everyone should accept, independent of the separate question of moral realism.

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Speaker

Sean Carroll

Evidence Quote

by using the rules of deductive logic you cannot derive about properties that did not somehow appear in the axioms or the premises from which you did your logic

Source

124 - In Search Of RealityMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:37:20 AM

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