Multiheaded comments on Open Thread, October 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong

1 Post author: David_Gerard 01 October 2012 05:54AM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 08 October 2012 08:55:25PM -2 points [-]

Least convenient possible world:

Is it wrong to rape someone unconscious if pregnancy and STDs aren't an issue?

Comment author: Multiheaded 31 October 2012 12:29:13PM *  1 point [-]

Living in some even less convenient world, I think I might consciously apply compartmentalization/hypocrisy upon hearing that someone did that - agreeing that they didn't commit anything too bad either ethically or legally... then I'd still do something to harm the rapist emotionally, socially or materially, accepting that my aggression is merely an outlet for a moral emotion and not the demand of a consistent principle.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 02 November 2012 09:18:04PM 0 points [-]

Personally I think the problem is with the quasi-utiliterianism that tends to be the default moral theory around here.