timtyler comments on Ethics has Evidence Too - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 06 February 2010 09:19:47AM 0 points [-]

Re: We should be looking at our ethical intuitions and trying to come up with theories that predict future ethical intuitions.

That's basically the approach of evolutionary psychology and memetics - explain why we experience the ethical sentiments we do.

Comment author: Jack 06 February 2010 09:35:45AM 0 points [-]

Sure. Shorter OP: Normative ethics should look a lot more like moral psychology.