anandjeyahar comments on Rationality Quotes June 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nornagest 21 June 2014 11:58:50PM *  11 points [-]

Relevant to bounded cognition and consequentialism:

"It is better to be just than to be kind, but only good judges can be just; let those who cannot be just be kind."

-- Loyal to the Group of Seventeen, The Citadel of the Autarch, Gene Wolfe

Comment author: anandjeyahar 26 June 2014 09:45:59AM 3 points [-]

While some parts of me agree with it, there are other parts that set off alarms like: but judges will try to use this as a rationalization for what looks like a kind behaviour(by habit, social proof) instead of trying to evaluate the justness, especially when it looks like it's complex or is likely to threaten one of their biased beliefs.