While I'm getting around to a longer, time-consuming post, I'll dig out my famous metaethical, neo-Humean, hypothetical-imperative-explaining limerick:
Though an “is” alone won’t give support
To a value, a norm, or an “ought”,
If you mix on the fire
Both belief and desire,
You’ll get thought of an “ought” of a sort.
Laffing Out Loud. That is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteVery good!
ReplyDeleteVery nice :-) Been teaching a course on the Treatise focusing on moral philosophy several years. I'll be sure to include this one in the course material next time!
ReplyDeleteYeah.... I kind of get it. It reminds me of this intel commercial.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of tone ... DM sure has one. I wonder if he read the limerick first. LOL.
ReplyDeleteYou can (kind of) tell who is familiar with the history of the is/ought problem by how much they appreciate this clever bit of doggerel. The more you know, the harder you laugh.
Since DM didn't laff at all ... ummm ...