Editing Fact–value distinction (section)

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Philosopher [[Leo Strauss]] criticizes Weber for attempting to isolate reason completely from opinion. Strauss acknowledges the [[Is–ought problem|philosophical trouble of deriving "ought" from "is"]], but argues that what Weber has done in his framing of this puzzle is in fact deny altogether that the "ought" is within reach of human reason.<ref name='leo'>{{Cite book |last=Strauss, Leo |title=Natural right and history |date=2008 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0226776941 |oclc=551845170}}</ref>{{rp|66}} Strauss worries that if Weber is right, we are left with a world in which the knowable truth is a truth that cannot be evaluated according to ethical standards. This conflict between ethics and politics would mean that there can be no grounding for any valuation of the good, and without reference to values, facts lose their meaning.<ref name='leo'></ref>{{rp|72}}