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[from 'Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy' by Bernard Williams, in 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism ]

Full Idea

That "I simply don't like staying at good hotels" is intelligible brings out the basic weakness of prescriptive accounts of the evaluative.

Gist of Idea

The weakness of prescriptivism is shown by "I simply don't like staying at good hotels"

Source

Bernard Williams (Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy [1985], Ch. 7)

Book Reference

Williams,Bernard: 'Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy' [Fontana 1985], p.125


A Reaction

This might be an elision of two different prescriptions, mine and most people's. In what sense do I think the hotel good, as opposed to other people?