Eugine_Nier comments on Consequentialism Need Not Be Nearsighted - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lessdazed 31 August 2011 05:56:43PM 2 points [-]

By carefully setting the free parameters, you can turn one into the other.

How would this be different than inserting epicycles to express geocentrism as heliocentrism? From consequentialist and deontological perspectives, I don't think this is an insight that dissolves the question.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 September 2011 04:08:18AM 4 points [-]

The difference is that this is an 'ought' problem rather than an 'is' problem and we have no reason to believe our values should be simple.