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>>21835417
You can not derive an ‘ought’ from an ‘is’. It’s absurd to posit an objective and universal set of values if the world is really just a small rock hurtling through space populated by upright hairless apes spurred by chemical reactions in their brains. Also, the basic strand of utilitarian philosophy that Harris et al follow is just completely abhorrent to any right-thinking person. Life conceived of as a bunch of differential equations to be solved; an ideal society in these people’s minds is a giant nursing home inhabited by fat behemoths hooked up to an IV drip of high fructose corn syrup mixed with Zoloft. It’s so funny to hear that charlatan crying about those mean Pathan goat herders who won’t let little girls go to school when he thinks that life is inherently meaningless.