joe dees wrote:
> >David McFadzean wrote:
> >
> >> Another example is normative statements such as "corporations should
> >> pay more tax". One can agree or disagree with them, but they are not
> >> true or false (or meaningless).
> > KMO:
> >
> >David, I think that when most people make normative statements they
> >intend to assert the truth of those propositions. I'm not claiming to be
> >able to get inside anybody else's head, but it's my impression that most
> >people do believe that there are at least a few "moral facts," e.g.
> >people should be nice to each other, murder is wrong, welfare queens
> >should get real jobs. It's my impression that the Robert Anton Wilsons
> >and the Terrence McKennas of the world are in the minority on this
> >matter. I think most people BELIEVE their normative declarations.
<<Joe Dees>>
<<People who make normative declarations such as "corporations should
pay more taxes" are asserting something about the existent state of
affairs; that it compares unfavorably with their ideal (utopian)
hypothetical SOA in the described respect.>>
Hey, that's good. That gives normative statements truth value without
recourse to "moral facts." Still, it seems to me that most people
-KMO