RichardKennaway comments on [Poll] Less Wrong and Mainstream Philosophy: How Different are We? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 26 September 2012 03:26:09PM 3 points [-]

What principles will it use in making such choices?

Comment author: Desrtopa 26 September 2012 03:30:42PM 7 points [-]

How happy, safe, productive, etc. people are. I don't see either libertarianism or egalitarianism as terminal values.

Comment author: Manfred 26 September 2012 05:12:15PM *  0 points [-]

I believe Richard's point is that e.g. egalitarianism is in fact a system for making these sorts of choices (are people more equal? Yes? Do that!).

And of course the principles that you use define your "actual" system, which is neither egalitarian nor libertarian (which would be "are people more free? Yes? Do that!")