Alicorn comments on Questions for Moral Realists - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 13 February 2013 05:33:46PM *  1 point [-]

No. Personhood ≠ humanity. If we find persony aliens I will apply the same moral system to them. Your interpretation seems to cross the cosmetic features of what I'm saying with some of the deeper principles of what Eliezer tends to say.

Comment author: ygert 17 February 2013 12:06:20PM 0 points [-]

Ah. OK, sorry for misinterpreting you. This is just what I got from what you wrote, but of course, the illusion of transparency comes into play.