It is SO obvious, it is a fact - if humans do not comply with 1, 2 and 3 above they will die, and they would have suffered terrible pains before they die. This is a fact that is self-evident and objective.Peter Holmes wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 11:40 amStill missing the point. I'll repeat my #2 above:Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 10:53 amWhat is human nature is very obvious and can be justified from empirical evidence of human physical-make-ups, anatomy, systems and behaviors.Peter Holmes wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 10:35 am Nope. Any appeal to human nature to justify moral judgements as facts is fallacious, for two reasons.
1 There's no agreement - and certainly no intersubjective scientific consensus - as to what constitutes human nature. (Physiological facts, such as the need to breathe, are irrelevant here.)
2 Even if there were such a thing as human nature, that humans should should act in accordance with their nature is a matter of opinion, which is therefore subjective.
Just insisting that there are different kinds of facts, so that there can be moral facts, doesn't help your argument. You have to demonstrate the existence of moral facts. And just one example will do, to prove your case.
So to repeat: please propose what you think is a moral fact - a true factual assertion - which would therefore be false if things were different - and show why it's a fact. Hint: 'People should (be allowed to) breathe' is NOT a fact.
I have already argued re it is human nature - based on empirical evidences - ALL humans breathe, thus the moral fact, All human ought to breathe and leading to
'No human ought to prevent another from breathing' is a moral fact.
I have already provided all the proofs earlier and you seem to ignore them?
But your problem is you are stuck with one type of fact, i.e. that of Philosophical Realism which is unrealistic.
Btw, you are ignoring my criticism of this fundamental ground of yours.
You have to prove "your" facts are the only facts in existence in itself and absolutely, thus no other facts, e.g. moral facts are acceptable.
Btw, you are not a God to make that autocratic claim, are you?
Even if there were such a thing as human nature, that humans should should act in accordance with their nature is a matter of opinion, which is therefore subjective. Please answer these questions:
1 Why should humans breathe?
2 Why should humans live?
3 Why should humans act in accordance with human nature?
Short, clear answers would be useful.
And, no, given our understanding of 'fact' as 'true factual assertion of a feature of reality', yours is the burden of proving that there are moral facts.
This fact is a "true factual assertion of a feature of reality" which is so evident.
You dispute this point?
There are many Framework of knowledge, where one of them is the Moral Framework.
The above "true factual assertion of a feature of reality" has to be incorporated into the Moral Framework as an objective [goal] as a GUIDE [the ideal] to ensure it is effective.
I say again, you are stuck and constipated with the Philosophical Realism sh:t and cannot realize the truth of reality.
You should not be dogmatic with Philosophical Realism and open up to the other more realistic philosophical anti-realism philosophy.
Hume started the problematic "is to ought" issue but I noted you have not understood Hume's total context in relation to the "is to ought" issue at all.
Another point is, you are also stuck with the Correspondence Theory of Truth.
see objections here;In metaphysics and philosophy of language, the correspondence theory of truth states that the truth or falsity of a statement is determined only by how it relates to the world and whether it accurately describes (i.e., corresponds with) that world.[1]
Correspondence theories claim that true beliefs and true statements correspond to the actual state of affairs. This type of theory attempts to posit a relationship between thoughts or statements on one hand, and things or facts on the other.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspon ... Objections