Lumifer comments on Torture vs. Dust Specks - Less Wrong

39 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 October 2007 02:50AM

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Comment author: Lumifer 27 March 2015 02:37:16PM 1 point [-]

There is no contradiction in these two statements.

But they have a consequence: Morality currently is not useful for practical purposes.

That's... an interesting position. Are you willing to live with it? X-)

You can, of course define morality in this particular way, but why would you do that?