Vladimir_Nesov comments on The mind-killer - Less Wrong

23 Post author: ciphergoth 02 May 2009 04:49PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 02 May 2009 09:38:37PM *  0 points [-]

The same emotional exploit could easily defeat a community of rationalists independently evaluating political measures for their utility

Well, since you've easily recognized this exploit already at the hypothetical stage, this kind of vulnerability won't be a problem. Any consequentialist framework should be able to fight moral sabotage, for example by introducing laws that disincentivize it.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 03 May 2009 09:49:41AM 0 points [-]

A related idea: moral sabotage is what happens when one player in the Ultimatum game insists on taking more than a fair share, even if what fare share is depends on his preferences.