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You Cannot Derive ‘Ought’ from ‘Is’

In: Essays on the Methodology and Discourse of Economics

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  • Warren J. Samuels

    (Michigan State University)

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In his recent discussion, Robert V. Hannaford argues that we ought to derive ‘ought’ from ‘is’. (‘You Ought to Derive “Ought” from “Is”’, Ethics, vol. 82 (January 1972), pp. 155-62. All page references in the text are to this article.) In this response I shall argue that whether we ought to or not, we do not and can not derive ‘ought’ from ‘is’ and that in the procedure used by Hannaford he does not derive ‘ought’ from ‘is’ but does muddy the water concerning what is involved in generating moral rules.

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  • Warren J. Samuels, 1992. "You Cannot Derive ‘Ought’ from ‘Is’," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Essays on the Methodology and Discourse of Economics, chapter 13, pages 261-265, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-12371-1_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12371-1_14
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