PhilGoetz comments on A Master-Slave Model of Human Preferences - Less Wrong

58 Post author: Wei_Dai 29 December 2009 01:02AM

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Comment author: tobi 29 December 2009 12:55:11PM *  0 points [-]

Master/Slave some aspects of your model sound very Nietzsche like. Were you partially inspired by him or?

Comment author: Jack 29 December 2009 01:29:58PM *  2 points [-]

The Master/Slave terminology sounds like Hegel but I assume it is a coincidence-- the model doesn't look like anything any 19th century German philosopher talked about.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 20 July 2011 01:42:26AM 2 points [-]

Nietzsche also used master/slave terminology, but differently, referring to two different types of value systems. eg Romans = master mentality, Christians = slave/sheep mentality.