Peterdjones comments on A reply to Mark Linsenmayer about philosophy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Peterdjones 08 January 2013 12:49:46AM -1 points [-]

Is there really so much to say about "ought"?

Yes. Metaethics is very complex.

You can't (by definition) motivate your axioms against some other set,

I don't see why not. In fact, I also don't see why it should be axioms all the way down. Metaethicisiss often start with a set of first-order ethical intutions. and use those to test axioms.