ESRogs comments on Outline of Possible Sources of Values - Less Wrong

14 Post author: Wei_Dai 18 January 2013 12:14AM

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Comment author: ESRogs 18 January 2013 07:44:54AM 0 points [-]

This outline seems like it could be very useful! I like this post.

I am confused about what is meant by 1.1 though. Are you referring to some hypothetical potentially real external agent who can tell us something about what to value? Or are you saying we can learn what someone values by observing their religious beliefs? Or simply that a person's religious beliefs inform their morals?

Comment author: Wei_Dai 18 January 2013 10:46:19PM 3 points [-]

Are you referring to some hypothetical potentially real external agent who can tell us something about what to value?

Some people seem to have a strong meta-level intuition to that effect (i.e., that they ought to value what God wants them to value, or do what God wants them to do). I personally don't, but I listed it so that the outline can cover other people as well as myself.

Comment author: ESRogs 18 January 2013 10:50:39PM 0 points [-]

Ah, I see, thanks for the explanation.