topynate comments on Amoral Approaches to Morality - Less Wrong
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He says
but also says
The thrust of his argument is that for any given being, 'right' corresponds to some implicit function, which does not depend on who is performing the action. That function, however, may differ for different beings. So Right_human is not guaranteed to be well-defined, but Right_topynate is.
I don't disagree. I would only add that CEV requires a large degree of agreement among each person's implicit Right_x function. Hence me saying Right_human.
Well, I might disagree. Right_topynate isn't guaranteed to be well defined either, but it's more likely than Right_human.