Desrtopa comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 7 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gjm 29 January 2011 09:38:06AM 4 points [-]

For the avoidance of doubt, I wasn't disagreeing that one could categorize Draco that way. I just thought the incongruity of it was striking.

(To me, canon!Voldemort doesn't seem like much of a virtue ethicist even in the relevantly expanded sense. More of a consequentialist.)

Comment author: Desrtopa 31 January 2011 02:48:37AM 3 points [-]

(To me, canon!Voldemort doesn't seem like much of a virtue ethicist even in the relevantly expanded sense. More of a consequentialist.)

How so?