MichaelBishop comments on Typical Mind and Politics - Less Wrong

46 Post author: Yvain 12 June 2009 12:28PM

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Comment author: MichaelBishop 12 June 2009 05:32:52PM * 3 points [-]

That's the society we live in already, Alicorn. Almost all behaviors that could potentially annoy others are unconstrained.

I disagree with your emphasis. Laws impose some important constraints, social norms impose others.

"Making the universe be what I want" is not a valid goal for a politics.

What is a valid goal for a politics?

Comment author: Annoyance 12 June 2009 05:35:39PM -2 points [-]

I disagree with your emphasis. Laws impose some important constraints, social norms impose others.

Yes, but social norms alone don't permit certain kinds of force. Use of such force for those reasons is often called "vigilante justice".

What is a valid goal for a politics?

Structuring social relations for the goals of survival. Everything proceeds from that.