CronoDAS comments on Rationality Quotes - June 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 24 June 2009 04:43:39PM 2 points [-]

"I hold that moral intuitions are nothing but learned prejudices. Historic examples from slavery to the divine right of kings to tortured confessions of witchcraft or Judaism to the subjugation of women to genocide all point to the fallibility of these 'moral intuitions'. There is absolutely no sense to the claim that its conclusions are to be adopted before those of a reasoned argument." - Alonzo Fyfe

Comment author: conchis 24 June 2009 08:03:57PM 1 point [-]

I'm not sure you can get anywhere without relying on intuitions at all. Some intuitions might hold more weight than others, but ultimately it's intuitions all the way down.