On the Is-Ought Problem from a Metaethical Point of View

Authors

  • Lucía Josefina Ghisletti Panné Universidad de Buenos Aires

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/oxmora.23.2023.42422

Keywords:

Naturalismo, Falacia naturalista, Metaética, Ser y deber ser

Abstract

David Hume presented in a well-known passage of his Treatise of Human Nature a simple argument against the moral philosophers of his time who concluded normative propositions from purely descriptive premises (e.g. "God exists, therefore one must not lie"). From then on, a range of responses and objections was opened regarding the validity of these inferences, which slip even to our days. Through the defense of naturalism, we can give arguments to reject hume's law. However, the aim of this paper is not to continue adding to an already considerable pile of arguments for and against this law, but rather to reconsider the discussion in the light of the field of Metaethics.

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Published

2023-07-01

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Ghisletti Panné, L. J. (2023). On the Is-Ought Problem from a Metaethical Point of View. OXIMORA International Journal of Ethics and Politics, (23), 44–56. https://doi.org/10.1344/oxmora.23.2023.42422

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Num. 23 (Jul-Dec 2023)

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