Argument
Premises
- Accepting a moral claim involves the giving/accepting of a Command
- One can assert the existence of something without offering Commands
Conclusion
Cognitivism allows for making moral claims without commands. This is Absurd
Counterargument
Rejecting Premise 1
Deny that there is a connection between believing claims and accepting commands. One can think an act wrong, but not issue the imperative to back it up.
- “Murder is wrong, but I dont care! Kill frank!“. It knows an act is wrong, but issues a command that is not directly following the moral action
Rejecting Premise 2
Argue that whenever you believe a moral claim, you are also believing the derivative imperative claims aswell.
- I believe that murder is wrong, thus I believe the command “Don’t kill” is also a valid command See Argument from Synonymy