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What premise is missing from Ima Intuitionist's argument for moral first principles?
Some moral truths are known.
[... missing premise ...]
Our proofs can't continue forever.
So the basic moral truths are known but not provable.
{ 1 } - "Good" is indefinable.
{ 2 } - God's will creates the moral order.
{ 3 } - We can only prove an moral truth by appealing to a more basic moral truth.
{ 4 } - There's no reason to trust our minds in math but not morality.
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What premise is missing from Ima Intuitionist's argument for moral first principles?
Some moral truths are known.
[... missing premise ...]
Our proofs can't continue forever.
So the basic moral truths are known but not provable.
{ 1 } - "Good" is indefinable.
{ 2 } - God's will creates the moral order.
{ 3 } - We can only prove an moral truth by appealing to a more basic moral truth.
{ 4 } - There's no reason to trust our minds in math but not morality.
This is close -- but that only counts in horseshoes.
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What premise is missing from Ima Intuitionist's argument for moral first principles?
Some moral truths are known.
[... missing premise ...]
Our proofs can't continue forever.
So the basic moral truths are known but not provable.
{ 1 } - "Good" is indefinable.
{ 2 } - God's will creates the moral order.
{ 3 } - We can only prove an moral truth by appealing to a more basic moral truth.
{ 4 } - There's no reason to trust our minds in math but not morality.
This wouldn't make the argument valid.
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What premise is missing from Ima Intuitionist's argument for moral first principles?
Some moral truths are known.
[... missing premise ...]
Our proofs can't continue forever.
So the basic moral truths are known but not provable.
{ 1 } - "Good" is indefinable.
{ 2 } - God's will creates the moral order.
{ 3 } - We can only prove an moral truth by appealing to a more basic moral truth.
{ 4 } - There's no reason to trust our minds in math but not morality.
This premise is based on Hume's law, which says that we need a moral premise to deduce a moral conclusion.
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What premise is missing from Ima Intuitionist's argument for moral first principles?
Some moral truths are known.
[... missing premise ...]
Our proofs can't continue forever.
So the basic moral truths are known but not provable.
{ 1 } - "Good" is indefinable.
{ 2 } - God's will creates the moral order.
{ 3 } - We can only prove an moral truth by appealing to a more basic moral truth.
{ 4 } - There's no reason to trust our minds in math but not morality.
This wouldn't make the argument valid.
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