BerryPick6 comments on Train Philosophers with Pearl and Kahneman, not Plato and Kant - Less Wrong

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Comment author: BerryPick6 04 December 2012 02:16:04PM 6 points [-]

For example, Kant's categorical imperative is very close to a decision-theory or game theory approach if one thinks about it as asking "what would happen if everyone made the choice that I do?"

In my Intro to Moral Philosophy course, Kant's work was preceded by an introduction to basic game-theory and such, which most people understood much better than his actual work, so I don't really think his is a necessary foundation or a proper introduction in those fields