“Is-Ought” is Fraught 2024-06-16T17:27:56.362Z

Comment by MiSteR Kittty (mister-kittty) on “Is-Ought” is Fraught · 2024-06-18T19:13:03.033Z · LW · GW

Hi Viliam,

Thanks for your response! I’m going to reveal a few trap cards (Yu-Gi-Oh ref! Hope we can keep playing): Strawman and Circular Reasoning!

Strawman: People not in power “resisting bad demands” has nothing to do with my argument, which is that morality is irrational because it’s “derived from personal emotions (on either extremes), and influence from social circles.”

Circular Reasoning: You’re also concluding that due to the “validity of some people not in power” “resisting bad demands,” morality is not merely the demands of those in power.