English Explanatory Dictionary

is-ought problem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The problem of whether prescriptive statements, stating what the case ought to be, can be derived from descriptive statements—stating what the case is.

Word forms

is-ought problem is–ought problem is-ought problems is/ought problem

Related words

Hume's law naturalistic fallacy
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