Publications

Publication details [#1467]

Black, Max. 1964. The gap between 'Is' and 'Should'. The Philosophical Review 73 : 165–181.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethics | is-ought derivation

Annotation

On the ethical statements: more particularly on the legitimacy of the transition from observations or assertions expressed with the copula 'is' or 'is not', to normative conclusions connected with 'ought' or 'ought not'.

Reviewed by

Nesbitt, Winston. 1973. Performatives and the gap between 'is' and 'ought'.