hen comments on Privileging the Question - Less Wrong

102 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 29 April 2013 06:30PM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 04 May 2013 03:12:27AM 0 points [-]

Ok, maybe I misunderstood your question in the grandparent. Which statement was it referring to?

Comment author: TheOtherDave 04 May 2013 04:03:18AM 0 points [-]

"the overwhelming majority of people who would say that burning the Quran or the Bible is inherently immoral would also say that it's immoral by virtue of the preferences of an entity that, on their view, is in fact capable of having preferences."

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 05 May 2013 04:08:24AM 0 points [-]

They'd phrase it in terms of sacredness, which isn't quite the same thing, e.g., how would you apply your argument to flag burning?

Comment author: TheOtherDave 05 May 2013 06:33:16AM 0 points [-]

Fair enough.