Eugine_Nier comments on By Which It May Be Judged - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 17 December 2012 12:46:29AM 0 points [-]

Decius considered the possibility that

torture and murder are objectively the most moral things to do in noncontrived circumstances.

In order to address this possibility, I need to know what Decius considers "contrived" and not just what the central example of a contrived circumstance is. In any case, part of my point was to force Decius to think more clearly about under what circumstances are torture and killing justified rather than simply throwing all the examples he knows in the box labeled "contrived".

Comment author: TimS 17 December 2012 01:01:28AM 1 point [-]

However Decius answers, he probably violates the local don't-discuss-politics norm. By contrast, your coyness makes it appear that you haven't done so.

In short, it appears to me that you already know Decius' position well enough to continue the discussion if you wanted to. Your invocation of the taboo-your-words convention appears like it isn't your true rejection.