ata comments on Policy Debates Should Not Appear One-Sided - Less Wrong

102 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 March 2007 06:53PM

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Comment author: ata 10 August 2010 10:07:54PM *  11 points [-]

"World where stupid, gullible, or desperate people are punished for bad decisions by death" versus "world without consequence, without cause and effect" is a pretty huge false dilemma.

Edit: What is an "objective, pragmatic view of what ought to be", in your view? Specifically, what makes it objective, and what is the "pragmatic" criterion for determining what people deserve?