Z._M._Davis comments on Moral Error and Moral Disagreement - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Z._M._Davis 11 August 2008 08:39:28PM 2 points [-]

Steven: "Cultural differences I'd expect to wash out just through people learning about different cultures that they could have grown up in."

I suspect a category error here hinging around personal identity. We say "if I had grown up in a different culture ..." when I think we mean "if the baby that grew into me had grown up in a different culture..." If the baby that grew into me had grown up in a radically different culture, I don't think ve'd be me in any meaningful sense, although of course there would be many similarities due to evo-psych and genetics. Whereas I would likely consider a hypothetical member of the opposite sex who shared my ideas and concerns to be me, even if ve was much better or worse than this me at mentally rotating 3D objects, or finding things in the refrigerator.