pedanterrific comments on The Preference Utilitarian’s Time Inconsistency Problem - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pedanterrific 19 November 2011 01:55:15AM 5 points [-]

Is there some reason why moral philosophy can't be arbitrary?

Comment author: amcknight 21 November 2011 08:34:40PM 0 points [-]

Yes. If you want your beliefs to pay rent, then you need to choose between features of reality rather than simply choose arbitrarily. Is there anything else that you believe arbitrarily? Why make an exception for moral philosophy? Reminds me of Status Quo Bias or keeping faith even after learning about other religions. Can you name a relevant difference?