The Naturalistic Fallacy and the Question of the Existence of God

One of the widely held philosophical doctrines of this century in the English speaking world is that there is no logical bridge between fact and value, between the ‘is' and the ‘ought'. Human nature may be such that all or most of us approve common states of affairs. That is, there seem to...

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Auteur principal: Stearns, J. Brenton (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge Univ. Press [1972]
Dans: Religious studies
Année: 1972, Volume: 8, Numéro: 3, Pages: 207-220
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Résumé:One of the widely held philosophical doctrines of this century in the English speaking world is that there is no logical bridge between fact and value, between the ‘is' and the ‘ought'. Human nature may be such that all or most of us approve common states of affairs. That is, there seem to be experiential or psychological ways of bridging the gap. But, on this view, no value judgment is ever inconsistent with any description of the world or of part of the world. Describe the world as you will, there is no logical reason to move on to any specific value judgment about the event or events under the given description.
ISSN:1469-901X
Contient:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0034412500005886