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If it is the case that you should do what you want, yes.
If you want to punch babies, then you should not punch babies. (x)
If you should lose weight, then you should eat less.
Proper values and some facts about the world are sufficient to determine proper behavior.
What are proper values? Well, they're the kind of values that determine proper behavior.
x: Saying this requirems me to know a moral fact. This moral fact is a consequence of an assumption I made about the true nature of reality. But to assume is to stoop lower than to define.
I'm not really sure why this was downvoted, compared to everything else I've written on the topic.
Did it have to do with the excessive bolding somehow? Do my claims sound especially stupid stated like this?
It seems to completely miss Normal_Anomaly's point, speaking right past him. As to the 'compared to everything else you have written' I refrained from downvoting your replies to myself even though I would have downvoted them if they were replies to a third party. It is a general policy of mine that I find practical, all else being equal.