TheAncientGeek comments on Is the orthogonality thesis at odds with moral realism? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 09 December 2013 09:45:52AM 0 points [-]

Talking about morals in minds in general indeed makes little sense.

To whom? AFAICS, if you have minds living in a community, and they can interact in ways that caus negative and positive utility to each other, then you the problem that morality solves...and that is a ery general set of conditions.

Comment author: gjm 09 December 2013 11:17:22AM 0 points [-]

I think what Dan means is that different kinds of minds in different kinds of community might need quite different solutions to the problem of interacting effectively, which might lead to quite different notions of morality, and that if that's true then you shouldn't expect any single notion of morality to be universally applicable.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 09 December 2013 11:55:41AM 0 points [-]

fferent kinds of minds in different kinds of community might need quite different solutions to the problem of interacting effectively,

Or they might not. It isn't at all obvious.