RichardKennaway comments on Rationality Quotes September 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 06 September 2012 12:53:24PM 6 points [-]

If we can anticipate what the morality of the future would be, should we try to live by it now?

Not if the morality you anticipate coming into favour is something you disagree with. If it's something you agree with, it's already yours, and predicting it is just a way of avoiding arguing for it.