in the ordinary ways of reasoning..? In every system of morality, the author proceeds for some time in the ordinary ways of reasoning, and establishes the being of a God, or makes observations concerning human affairs; when of a sudden I am surprised to find, that instead of the usual copulations of proposition that is, and is not, I meet with no proposition that is not connected with an ought, or an ought not. This change is imperceptible; but is however, of the last consequence.
In lines 3-6, the author of Passage 1 mentions a process that suggests that
A. we ought not build morality upon facts.
B. humans are incapable of moral reasoning.
C. morals are built upon factual propositions.
D. surprises are the foundation of morality.
E. connecting is and is not important.
In lines 3-6, the author of Passage 1 mentions a process that suggests that
A. we ought not build morality upon facts.
B. humans are incapable of moral reasoning.
C. morals are built upon factual propositions.
D. surprises are the foundation of morality.
E. connecting is and is not important.