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3756053 No.3756053 [Reply] [Original]

What does "should" mean?
"You shouldn't read terrible books."

Doesn't this just mean "I don't want you to read terrible books"


Isn't every should tied to a desire, either a person's desire, society's desire, or even a super natural being's desire.

>> No.3756066

There's an implied "if" like you shouldn't read terrible books if you want to end up with my definition of good taste.

If I said "You shouldn't skip braces in a multi-dimensional array declaration" it's implied that it'd be in order to become a proficient and readable programmer

Always something implied, same goes for "need"

>> No.3756070

this is a thread that ought to include wittgenstein

>> No.3756082

>I want you to not want that

>> No.3756085

It implies obligation

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3756086

>>3756053

>> No.3756095

>>3756066

>become a proficient and readable programmer

doesn't it then become "You should be a proficient programmer"

I'm thinking in the sense of a moral injuction, what does it mean "You should not kill"

saying, well -if- you kill -then- you go to jail, isn't a good enough reason, cuz you could get away with it, etc

>> No.3756111

>>3756053
That means it is unhealthy for your intellect for you to read terrible books.

>> No.3756210

>>3756095
In that specific case it appeals to their own personal sense of morality, probably. You'd have to ask to be sure and it's always contextual