wedrifid comments on Pluralistic Moral Reductionism - Less Wrong

33 Post author: lukeprog 01 June 2011 12:59AM

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Comment author: Will_Sawin 01 June 2011 02:47:33AM -1 points [-]

If it is the case that you should do what you want, yes.

If you want to punch babies, then you should not punch babies. (x)

If you should lose weight, then you should eat less.

Proper values and some facts about the world are sufficient to determine proper behavior.

What are proper values? Well, they're the kind of values that determine proper behavior.

x: Saying this requirems me to know a moral fact. This moral fact is a consequence of an assumption I made about the true nature of reality. But to assume is to stoop lower than to define.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 01 June 2011 11:06:17AM *  2 points [-]

If you want to punch babies, then you should not punch babies. (x)

This is WillSawinShould. NormalAnomalyShould says the same thing, because we're both humans. #$%^$_Should, where #$%^$ is the name of an alien from planet Mog, may say something completely different. You and I both use the letter sequence s-h-o-u-l-d to refer to the output of our own unique should-functions.

Lukeprog, the above is how I understand your post. Is it correct?

Comment author: wedrifid 01 June 2011 11:13:43AM *  1 point [-]

You can write_underscored_names by escaping the _ by preceding it with a \.