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Logical Fallacy of Ought-Is / Moralistic Fallacy / Moral FallacyThe Logical Fallacy of Ought-Is / Moralistic Fallacy / Moral Fallacy occurs when what should be moral is assumed a priori to be naturally occurring. What actually happens is that a person reaches into his or her own worldview/paradigm/fake-reality and, from this source, formulates assumptions about what ought to be moral. There is only one way to be logical when determining what is right and what is wrong. That way is divine revelation. The most authoritative written source of divine revelation is the Bible, and Jesus Christ speaks through the Bible. However, not everyone listens to Him. Examples of the Logical Fallacy of Ought-Is / Moralistic Fallacy / Moral FallacyEthical intuitionism is the belief that some moral truths can be known without any need to infer them from other truths. This is also known as Moral intuitionism. Error theory is the belief that all expressions of morality or ethics are false regardless of their nature. Of course, that would include error theory, making error theory false as well. Non-cognitivism is the belief that no statement about morals are propositions. Moral realism is the belief that statements about morals refer to objective facts. Without Divine revelation, this is an example of the ought-is fallacy. Moral skepticism Anti-realism Ethical subjectivism is the belief that statements about morals do not refer to objective facts.
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