Single Idea 4135

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value]

Full Idea

Some 'thicker' ethical notions, such as 'treachery', 'promise', 'brutality' and 'courage', seem to express a union of facts and values.

Gist of Idea

Some ethical ideas, such as 'treachery' and 'promise', seem to express a union of facts and values

Source

Bernard Williams (Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy [1985], Ch. 8)

Book Reference

Williams,Bernard: 'Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy' [Fontana 1985], p.129


A Reaction

The onus does seem to be on the followers of Hume to disentangle what the rest of us have united. They may, of course, manage it.