Peterdjones comments on Pluralistic Moral Reductionism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Peterdjones 05 June 2011 09:42:36PM *  2 points [-]

To stick my own neck out: I am a realist about values. I think there are facts about what we ought to believe and do. I think you have to be, to capture mathematical facts.

Facts as in true statements, or facts as in states-of-affiairs?

Comment author: BobTheBob 06 June 2011 03:23:36AM 1 point [-]

Facts in the disappointingly deflationary sense that

It is a fact that P if and only if P (and that's all there is to say about facthood).

This position is a little underwhelming to any who seek a metaphysically substantive account of what makes things true, but it is a realist stance all the same (no?). If you have strong arguments against this or for an alternative, I'm interested to hear.