RowanE comments on Open Thread April 11 - April 17, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RowanE 11 April 2016 01:22:53PM 2 points [-]

I'll come in to say yes I agree these problems are confusing, although my ethics are weird and I'm only kind if a consequentialist.

(I identify as amoral, in practice what it means is I act like an egoist but give consequentialist answers to ethical questions)

Comment author: qmotus 13 April 2016 06:04:42PM 0 points [-]

What I've noticed is that this has caused me to slide towards prioritizing issues that affect me personally (meaning that I care somewhat more about climate change and less about animal rights than I have previously done).