Will_Sawin 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 09:04:27PM 1 point [-]

It's generally believed that if you shouldn't tell people to do things they shouldn't do.

So your problem reduces to the problem of someone who does things that they believe they shouldn't.

If you're not willing to make that reduction, I'll have to think about things further.

Comment author: Peterdjones 01 June 2011 09:47:54PM 1 point [-]

I think it is obvious that involves someone doing something they think they shouldn't. Which is not uncommon.

Comment author: Will_Sawin 01 June 2011 10:02:46PM 1 point [-]

Which requires either a or b.