nshepperd comments on The Meaning of Right - Less Wrong

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Comment author: nshepperd 22 October 2011 05:14:19AM *  -1 points [-]

I think I disagree with you, but I'm not sure exactly what you mean by what you're saying. It might help to answer these questions three:

  • Taboo "universal". What do you mean by "universal 1-place function"?
  • In what sense do you think morality is a 2-place function? How is this function applied in decision making? Does that mean it would be wrong to stop people whose "morality" says torture is "good" from torturing people?
  • In what sense do you think this 2-place function is different between people? (I'm looking for a precise answer in terms of the first and second argument to the function here.)