komponisto comments on Why didn't people (apparently?) understand the metaethics sequence? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 02 November 2013 02:24:24AM 3 points [-]

I would be surprised if Eliezer believed (1) or (2), as distinct from believing that CEV[X] is the most viably actionable approximation of morality[X] (using your terminology) we've come up with thus far.

I didn't intend to distinguish that finely.

I'm not really sure what you mean by (4).

(4) is intended to mean that if we alter humans to have a different value system tomorrow, we would also be changing what we mean (today) by "morality". It's the negation of the assertion that moral terms are rigid designators, and is what Eliezer is arguing against in No License To Be Human.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 02 November 2013 01:08:41PM 1 point [-]

Ah, gotcha. OK, thanks for clarifying.