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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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Sean CarrollEvidence 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”
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:37:20 AM
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