Vladimir_Nesov comments on Are Deontological Moral Judgments Rationalizations? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 17 August 2011 08:53:53AM *  0 points [-]

I was responding to a slightly different situation: you suggested that sometimes, considerations of "correctness" or "right/wrong" don't apply. I pointed out that we can get a sketch of these notions for most things quite easily. This sketch of "correctness" is in no way intended as something taken to be the accurate principle with unlimited normative power. The question of not drowning the normative notions (in more shaky opinions) is distinct from the question of whether there are any normative notions to drown to begin with.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 17 August 2011 11:45:49AM 0 points [-]

I think I agree with what you're saying, but I'm not entirely sure whether I'm interpreting you correctly or whether you're being sufficiently vague that I'm falling prey to the double illusion of transparency. Could you reformulate that?