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

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Comment author: Peterdjones 10 December 2012 06:42:57PM -1 points [-]

It doesn't care if its paperclipping infinges on other's preferences.

Comment author: BerryPick6 11 December 2012 12:00:59AM * 0 points [-]

So 'morality'='caring about other people's preferences'?

Comment author: Peterdjones 11 December 2012 02:14:37AM -1 points [-]

Caring about other people's preferences is a necessary but insufficient part of morality.

Comment author: BerryPick6 11 December 2012 03:12:31AM 0 points [-]

So Hedonistic Egoism, for example, doesn't count as morality?

Comment author: Peterdjones 11 December 2012 10:53:38AM -1 points [-]

It may be advertised as such, but I don't have to buy that.