buybuydandavis comments on Bad Concepts Repository - Less Wrong

20 Post author: moridinamael 27 June 2013 03:16AM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 28 June 2013 08:54:34AM 1 point [-]

I'm sure the universe feels terribly guilty about it's transgression when you do.

Comment author: pragmatist 28 June 2013 09:10:00AM *  2 points [-]

Inducing guilt in the target of the judgment is not the sole (or even primary) purpose of moral judgment, nor is it a necessary feature. That the target must be capable of experiencing guilt is not a necessary feature either. Do you disagree with any of this?

I am, in general, much more inclined to attribute unfairness to states of affairs than to people. Usually it's a state of affairs that people could potentially do something to alter/mitigate, though, so I wouldn't call a law of nature unfair.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 28 June 2013 09:31:49AM 0 points [-]

In case it wasn't clear, my comment on the universe felling guilty was my way of pointing out the futility of considering the universe unfair.

Do you disagree with any of this?

No.

Comment author: pragmatist 28 June 2013 09:37:36AM 3 points [-]

In case it wasn't clear, my comment on the universe felling guilty was my way of pointing out the futility of considering the universe unfair.

But human beings can change states of the universe. Is your point that they will not be motivated to do so if the judgment of unfairness is impersonal?