DanielLC comments on Be comfortable with hypocrisy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 12 April 2014 04:58:08AM 0 points [-]

What would be for you an example of inconsistent behavior, then?

If you say that eating meat is wrong, and you eat meat, then you are factually wrong about eating meat being morally wrong, you are acting morally wrongly when you eat meat, or both.

It's not clear whether you are incorrect, immoral, or both. However, what you clearly are not doing is acting in a moral manner because it is moral. You can't be doing that if you don't know what's moral, and you can't be doing that if you're acting immorally. You might get lucky and act morally by coincidence, but since that's not something that can be done consistently, there's little point in rewarding it.