Dr_Manhattan comments on Convergence Theories of Meta-Ethics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 February 2011 01:21:23PM 13 points [-]

So we need another word to filter out those kinds of somewhat-arbitrary proposed meta-ethical systems. "Objective" probably is not the best word for the job, but it is the only one I can think of right now.

This is where I stopped reading.

I suggest that you actually read the SEP entry on meta-ethics instead of just linking there - if you did read it, feel free to correct my guess. Metaethics does not mean what you said it did (metaethics is a theory of what morality is, not a way of comparing moralities), moral realism does not mean what you said it did (your belief that morality is a real thing out there constitutes moral realism), naturalistic metaethics do not mean what you said it did, CEV is totally not about convergence in all possible minds, etcetera. I also have to ask whether you read the Metaethics Sequence, but I mostly regard that sequence as having failed so I won't be surprised if the answer is yes.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 08 February 2011 01:36:46PM *  4 points [-]

but I mostly regard that sequence as having failed

Is there a do-over in the works? Is it covered in the upcoming book? What's the next-best source of learning these ideas, if any?