You do realize that viewpoints about the state-of-Nature don’t have preferred agendas? Hume teaches us that you can’t derive an ought from an is. By the same token, you can’t refute an is from an ought!
I didn’t say anything about “viewpoints about the state-of-Nature”. I’m not sure what you think I’m saying, but if you interpreted my comment on the basis of the assumption that I am unfamiliar with Hume, then you’ve probably misinterpreted it.
Okay, so where exactly do you see Zack M. Davis as having expressed claims/viewpoints of the “ought” sort? (i.e. viewpoints that might actually be said to involve a preferred agenda of some kind?) Or are you merely saying that this seems to be what Vanessa’s argument implies/relies on, without necessarily agreeing one way or the other?
You do realize that viewpoints about the state-of-Nature don’t have preferred agendas? Hume teaches us that you can’t derive an ought from an is. By the same token, you can’t refute an is from an ought!
I didn’t say anything about “viewpoints about the state-of-Nature”. I’m not sure what you think I’m saying, but if you interpreted my comment on the basis of the assumption that I am unfamiliar with Hume, then you’ve probably misinterpreted it.
Okay, so where exactly do you see Zack M. Davis as having expressed claims/viewpoints of the “ought” sort? (i.e. viewpoints that might actually be said to involve a preferred agenda of some kind?) Or are you merely saying that this seems to be what Vanessa’s argument implies/relies on, without necessarily agreeing one way or the other?
The latter.