atucker comments on Guilt: Another Gift Nobody Wants - Less Wrong

67 Post author: Yvain 31 March 2011 12:27AM

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Comment author: atucker 01 April 2011 12:05:08AM *  3 points [-]

I don't think this is a disproof -- if you're expected to do something you don't have to feel guilty about it because you could still be trustworthy.

Comment author: wedrifid 03 April 2011 01:38:49AM 0 points [-]

I don't think this is a disproof -- if you're expected to do something you don't have to feel guilty about it because you could still be trustworthy.

Trustworthy? When you're the one with all the power (and your subjects don't have the option of conveniently relocating away) what you need in the Machiavellian sense is for your subjects to trust that you'll kill anyone who makes themselves a threat.