Caledonian2 comments on The Meaning of Right - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 July 2008 01:28AM

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Comment author: Caledonian2 30 July 2008 01:00:00PM 0 points [-]

What does 'corrupted' mean in this context?

If we go by definitions, we have

6. to destroy the integrity of; cause to be dishonest, disloyal, etc., esp. by bribery.
7. to lower morally; pervert: to corrupt youth.
8. to alter (a language, text, etc.) for the worse; debase.
9. to mar; spoil.
10. to infect; taint.
11. to make putrid or putrescent.

Most of those meanings cannot apply here - and the ones that do refer to changes in morality.