wedrifid comments on Pluralistic Moral Reductionism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lukstafi 02 June 2011 12:42:37PM *  0 points [-]

What: discussion of the "social contract" aspect of ethics, for example of the right to not have one's options (sets of actions) constrained beyond a threshold X, what that threshold should be, e.g. a property that the actions that infringe right-X of others are forbidden-X.

Why should there be more of that on LW: (1) it is equally practical and important aspect of ethics as the self-help aspect, (1) it seems to be simpler than determining optimal well-being conditions.

Comment author: wedrifid 02 June 2011 03:07:27PM *  5 points [-]

Why should there be more of that on LW: (1) it is equally practical and important aspect of ethics as the self-help aspect

It would call for a series of 'self help' style of posts explaining:

  • The benefits of creating boundaries between your own identity and other people's declarations of wrongness.
  • The art of balancing freedom with political expedience when dealing with other agents who are attempting to coerce you socially.
  • How to maintain internal awareness of the distinction between what you do not do for fear of social consequences vs what you do not do because of your own ethical values.
  • The difference between satisfying the preferences of others vs acquiescing to their demands. Included here would be how to deal with those who haven't developed the ability to express their own desires except indirectly via the declarations of what it is 'right' for others do.
Comment author: MatthewBaker 03 June 2011 10:51:29PM 0 points [-]

On the other hand, when i look at self help i see something i will continue to delay/slowly progress at a constant rate because my current situation seems to be quite similar to my ideal situation. I think that once you reach that point is when you start a more constant but passive process of improvement.

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