byrnema comments on Strong moral realism, meta-ethics and pseudo-questions. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: byrnema 01 February 2010 02:52:07AM 3 points [-]

I'm not sure. How can there be any confusion when I say they "do care about doing what they think they should?" I clearly mean should2 here.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 01 February 2010 05:11:16AM 1 point [-]

I'm not sure. How can there be any confusion when I say they "do care about doing what they think they should?" I clearly mean should2 here.

I think it's perfectly clear. Eliezer seems to disapprove of this usage and I think he claims that it is not clear, but I'm less sure of that.

I propose that a moral relativist is someone who like this usage.