badger comments on Polymath-style attack on the Parliamentary Model for moral uncertainty - Less Wrong

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Comment author: badger 28 September 2014 04:22:47PM *  1 point [-]

Alright, a credence-weighted randomization between ideals and then bargaining on equal footing from there makes sense. I was imagining the parliament starting from scratch.

Another alternative would be to use a hypothetical disagreement point corresponding to the worst utility for each theory and giving higher credence theories more bargaining power. Or more bargaining power from a typical person's life (the outcome can't be worse for any theory than a policy of being kind to your family, giving to socially-motivated causes, cheating on your taxes a little, telling white lies, and not murdering).

Comment author: owencb 29 September 2014 01:12:10AM 3 points [-]

In the set-up we're given the description of what happens without any trade -- I don't quite see how we can justify using anything else as a defection point.