wedrifid comments on Deontology for Consequentialists - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: AngryParsley 03 February 2010 07:14:52PM *  2 points [-]

Why those particular rights? It seems rather convenient that they mostly arrive at beneficial consequences and jive with human intuitions. Kind of like how biblical apologists have explanations that just happen to coincide with our current understanding of history and physics.

If you lived in a world where your system of rights didn't typically lead to beneficial consequences, would you still believe them to be correct?

Comment author: wedrifid 03 February 2010 07:36:36PM 1 point [-]

Why those particular rights?

Because she says so. Which is a good reason. Much as I have preferences for possible worlds because I say so.