Peterdjones comments on Most-Moral-Minority Morality - Less Wrong

-3 Post author: byrnema 27 June 2011 04:28PM

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Comment author: byrnema 27 June 2011 11:37:03PM 0 points [-]

OK, this is fair in the case of a morality issue having the possibility of being persuasive. In the case of instrumental rather than terminal values, for example, when terminal values are the same. But when moral values are just different, there is no persuading that can be done. Aside from persuasion along the lines I made in my post.

Comment author: Peterdjones 28 June 2011 12:46:37AM 1 point [-]

I think moral norms can be rearranged on the basis of rational norms.

Comment author: byrnema 28 June 2011 02:31:30AM 0 points [-]

What do you mean? (I'm not sure what is meant by 'rearranged' or 'rational norm'.)

Comment author: Peterdjones 28 June 2011 12:31:34PM 1 point [-]

"if you are in favour of X, then to be consistent [rational norm], you should be in favour of Y"

Comment author: byrnema 28 June 2011 01:26:41PM 1 point [-]

Ah, OK, the sentence makes sense to me now.