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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics

2943	Ethics cannot be put into words [Wittgenstein]
	Full Idea: Ethics cannot be put into words.
	From: Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [1921], 6.421)
	A reaction: Nonsense. There is lots of good writing about ethics. This is evasive mysticism.