peter_hurford comments on Six Plausible Meta-Ethical Alternatives - Less Wrong

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Comment author: peter_hurford 06 August 2014 08:27:29PM 3 points [-]

“Most intelligent beings in the multiverse share similar preferences. This came about because there are facts about what preferences one should have”

Notably, this could come about for other reasons, such as evolutionary.

Comment author: cousin_it 07 August 2014 01:24:21AM 1 point [-]

Well, our preferences did come from evolution. I suppose an interesting question is how evolution manages to "elicit" normative facts, if those exist.

Comment author: Azathoth123 07 August 2014 03:50:44AM 4 points [-]

The same way it elicits physical facts.