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Is to Ought
Friday, November 30th, 2007 by admiralHaving begun a study of worldviews, I find it influencing my stand up philosophy. In time, I will get back to things like fictional physics. For now, I will fill this space with philosophical babbling. Please take these thoughts for no more than they are worth. Only the comic on this page is important.
Is to Ought is an implication that some things are and some things should be. What is and what Ought to be? So, how do you get between them? Not everything belongs to only the is or ought to categories. The fact that there are things which belong in only one of these categories has massive consequences for morality.
There are people who will defend their pet ideals with state of being arguments. You will hear such people speaking in terms of ‘I can’ and ‘I am.’ Morally, those arguments are dead fish. Maybe ‘I am’ or ‘I can’ is valid in some cases, but it is not the being that makes an action good or moral. Something more must be present.
How do we know what Ought to be but is not? The question is far too deep for this part of this page. Since this is mere stand up philosophy, I can just state that some things should be even in the event that they are not. Other things should not be and are anyway. Knowing which is which is morality.
What Ought to be implies something that is better in terms that cannot be measured in individual terms. Ought, in these terms, is very difficult to define. Evil, that which should not be and is, would produce the greatest personal comfort. Sacrifice is often required to get from is to ought. Now that I have lost my way and cannot find a point, see what you can come up with.
