Eugine_Nier comments on Morality is not about willpower - Less Wrong

9 Post author: PhilGoetz 08 October 2011 01:33AM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 08 October 2011 08:44:42PM *  1 point [-]

In that case, I call that part of my mind "my mind".

The post could be summarized as arguing that the division of decisions into moral and amoral components, if it is even neurally real, is not notably more important than the division of decisions into near and far components, or sensory and abstract components, or visual and auditory componets, etc.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 08 October 2011 09:33:29PM 2 points [-]

Notice I said mind not brain. So I'm not arguing that it necessarily always takes place in the same part of the brain.