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Re:Ask HN: Which books have made you a better thinker and pr... by slothtrop on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @10:10AM (#33801767)
> common-sense appeal that practically bridges the gap between "is" and "ought."

That intrigues me, because if there's one thing that is particularly tiresome about Socialists it's that they invoke Hegel to rationalize everything they want and propose.

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Re:Ask HN: Which books have made you a better thinker and pr... by svieira on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @11:14AM (#33802859)
There is no necessity of a gap between "is" and "ought" - the assumption that there is presumes that either things are not ordered towards an end or that we cannot known that end. But that's clearly wrong. See Socrates' discourse with the slave boy in Meno and the universal desire for justice and happiness that all human beings posses.
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Re:Ask HN: Which books have made you a better thinker and pr... by slothtrop on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @12:26PM (#33804096)
> But that's clearly wrong.

Woefully lacking in details here.

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Re:Ask HN: Which books have made you a better thinker and pr... by svieira on Thursday December 01, 2022 @10:42AM (#33817730)
> See Socrates' discourse with the slave boy in Meno and the universal desire for justice and happiness that all human beings posses.

What part would you like more elucidation of?

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