lukeprog comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 2 - Less Wrong
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I like Harry's poetic exposition of moral sentimentalism in chapter 39:
This reminds me of the video trailer (complete with a soundtrack by Talking Heads and Muse!) I made for "desire utilitarianism" aka "desirism," a version of moral sentimentalism I held at the time. (My latest thoughts on desirism are here.)
This seems like a reference to a quote by Stanley Kubrick:
Or, possibly, a quote by Richard Dawkins in Garden out of Eden: