On 9 August 2010 21:34, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:

> Not at all. The leap from "is" to "ought", however, is fallacious and
> an important and damaging error. [1] It's the "something must be done,
> this is something, therefore this is a good idea" fallacy.
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem


... except that the "something must be done" is also questionable.


- d.

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