The Is-Ought Gap

Question 1

Burns observes

Answer 1

if we offer a description of good, we should do what is defined as good

Question 2

example

Answer 2

• oranges are a good source of vitamin c
• you ought to eat oranges
• we are obliged to do it

Question 3

weaknesses Hume ;

Answer 3

nothing in a descriptive statement that allows us to proceed from what people actually do to what people ought to do

Question 4

to say something is good and therefore prescribe it as a moral action we should be obliged to perform is

Answer 4

unconvincing to many

Question 5

there is no simple translation from

Answer 5

is to ought in moral terms