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Comment author: Peterdjones 03 May 2011 11:50:48PM 1 point [-]

What is your definition of irrationality? I wrote that if I am happy, able to reach all of my goals and satisfy all of my preferences while constantly violating the laws of morality, how am I irrational?

It's irrational to think that the evaluative buck stops with your own preferences.

Comment author: nshepperd 04 May 2011 12:07:13AM 2 points [-]

Maybe he doesn't care about the "evaluative buck", which while rather unfortunate, is certainly possible.

Comment author: Peterdjones 04 May 2011 12:36:26AM 2 points [-]

If he doesn't care about rationality, he is still being irrational,

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