XiXiDu comments on What is Eliezer Yudkowsky's meta-ethical theory? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: XiXiDu 31 January 2011 07:48:13PM 0 points [-]

I find that topic troubling. I find it comforting to know how others would decide here. So please allow me to ask another question. Would you personally die to save 3^^^3 from being killed? I thought about it myself and I would probably do it. But what is the lower bound here? Can I find an answer to such a question if I read the sequences, or at least how I can come up with my own answer?

Comment author: Alicorn 31 January 2011 07:52:28PM 0 points [-]

I would personally die to save 3^^^3 persons' lives if that were the option presented to me.

Can I find an answer to such a question if I read the sequences, or at least how I can come up with my own answer?

The sequences do not comprise a DIY guide to crafting an ethical theory. I came up with mine while I was in grad school for philosophy.