hyporational comments on 2013 Survey Results - Less Wrong

74 Post author: Yvain 19 January 2014 02:51AM

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Comment author: Lumifer 29 January 2014 05:19:50PM 0 points [-]

Assuming "should" is meant in a moral sense

Not at all and I don't see why would you assume a specific morality.

Bob says "We should paint all the buildings in town blue!" to mean that it would make him happier and he doesn't care at all about what other people around think about the idea.

Bob is not a utilitarian :-)

you can treat "We should make sure women remain barefoot and pregnant" as a claim in need of evidence

Exactly the same thing -- Charlie is not a utilitarian either. He thinks he will be better off in the world where women are barefoot and pregnant.

Comment author: hyporational 29 January 2014 05:28:04PM *  0 points [-]

I think we're pretty close to someone declaring that egoism isn't a valid moral position, again.

Comment author: Lumifer 29 January 2014 05:44:05PM *  0 points [-]

I wonder if that someone will make the logical step to insisting that moral egoists should be reeducated to make them change to a "valid" moral position :-/