RobinZ comments on Morality as Parfitian-filtered Decision Theory? - Less Wrong

24 Post author: SilasBarta 30 August 2010 09:37PM

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Comment author: RobinZ 07 September 2010 04:14:24PM 0 points [-]

It sounds like we agree.

Comment author: SilasBarta 07 September 2010 04:48:20PM -2 points [-]

Including about my claim that it provides a more parsimonious explanation of parents' actions not to include concern for their children as a terminal value?

Comment author: RobinZ 07 September 2010 06:11:29PM 0 points [-]

Yes - if you expected concern for children to be a terminal value, you would not expect to see adults of breeding age who do not want children. (That is the specific evidence that convinced me.) I don't think I've quite worked out your position on Parfitian hitchhiking, but I don't see any difference between what you claim and what I claim regarding parenthood.