Nominull comments on Suffering - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nominull 03 August 2009 06:13:21PM 1 point [-]

If a "morally significant agent" is one whose goals I would want to further, then I am the only inherently morally significant agent. The moral significance of other agents shifts with my mood.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 04 August 2009 12:14:03PM *  0 points [-]

What if the other agent is more "you" than you are? You are hiding the complexity of "moral significance" in the "I".

Comment author: Nominull 04 August 2009 12:26:57PM 5 points [-]

There is literally no agent more me than I am. I don't mean to brag, but I am pretty damned me.

Comment author: conchis 03 August 2009 08:40:22PM 0 points [-]

What if an MSA is one whose goals you would want to want to further?