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50 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 April 2007 07:31AM

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Comment author: Matthew_Pianalto 15 April 2007 08:38:17PM 4 points [-]

W.K. Clifford gave a short, sweet argument for your position in his "The Ethics of Belief": 1. Our beliefs inform how we act. 2. Our actions affect other people. 3. Therefore. our beliefs affect other people. (And to the extent that how you treat me IS something I have a right to make judgments about, it IS my business what you believe or prefer...)