Jack comments on Deontology for Consequentialists - Less Wrong

46 Post author: Alicorn 30 January 2010 05:58PM

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Comment author: Jack 03 February 2010 06:01:28PM *  1 point [-]

Sure, I see what you mean. But you can't just change the rules of basketball because you don't think they fit what the creator was trying to do. Similarly, the relevant reduction for ethics is cultural evolution and evolutionary psychology, but those fields of study won't tell you how to act.

ETA: Can't, not can. Oops.