Nick_Tarleton comments on If reductionism is the hammer, what nails are out there? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Perplexed 11 December 2010 08:47:18PM 5 points [-]

one could design brains with different concerns, while still taking morality seriously.

It sounds a lot as if you are suggesting that there is some essence to morality which transcends "concerns are generated by our brains".

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 19 December 2010 11:53:11AM 0 points [-]

"still taking morality seriously" modifies "one [who can...]", not "brains with different concerns".

Comment author: Perplexed 19 December 2010 03:20:34PM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure why you came to think there was some confusion on this point, so I will not presume to suggest where you went wrong in your reading.