Roland2 comments on Causality and Moral Responsibility - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 June 2008 08:34AM

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Comment author: Roland2 13 June 2008 09:21:35PM 1 point [-]

Am I suggesting that if an alien had created Lenin, knowing that Lenin would enslave millions, then Lenin would still be a jerk? Yes, that's exactly what I'm suggesting.

Eliezer, sorry but you fell into the correspondence bias trap.

I agree with your post if you substitute "moral responsibility" with "consequences". We all make decisions and we will have to face the consequences. Lenin enslaved millions, now people call him a jerk. But I don't think he is worse a person than any other human.

Consider that brain tumors can cause aggressive behaviors.