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|content=We seem to have opened the doors to hell because there is now no basis for ought. And we need must and mustn’t.
 
In the absence of religion or nature, there is no strong ought. And society needs ought.
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The so-called “Naturalistic Fallacy” may be just that. But we should probably rapidly reconsider the wisdom of trying to get rid of it. Or even pointing it out at scale.
The so-called “Naturalistic Fallacy” may be just that. But we should probably rapidly reconsider the wisdom of trying to get rid of it. Or even pointing it out at scale.
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|content=Said differently, '''assume that society may have previously used religion and/or nature to create a coordinated sense of “ought”, “must” and “mustn’t”.'''


Said differently, '''assume that society may have previously used religion and/or nature to create a coordinated sense of “ought”, “must” and “mustn’t”.'''
In the absence of both, there is no coordinating source. And we may need one or the other to coordinate a needed sense of obligation.
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|content=The is–ought problem is almost the same as the naturalistic fallacy.


In the absence of both, there is no coordinating source. And we may need one or the other to coordinate a needed sense of obligation.
How do you mean to get rid of it, and why?
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