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

35 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 December 2012 04:26AM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 20 December 2012 03:52:59AM 2 points [-]

What's your definition of murder (moral)?

Comment author: Decius 20 December 2012 05:39:08AM 0 points [-]

Roughly "intentional nonconsensual interaction which results in the intended outcome of the death of a sentient".

To define how I use 'nonconsensual', I need to describe an entire ethics. Rough summary: Only every action which is performed without the consent of one or more sentient participant(s) is immoral. (Consent need not be explicit in all cases, especially trivial and critical cases; wearing a military uniform identifies an individual as a soldier, and constitutes clearly communicating consent to be involved in all military actions initiated by enemy soldiers.)