army1987 comments on The Bedrock of Morality: Arbitrary? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 28 January 2012 11:49:40PM 0 points [-]

It so happens that humans are the sort of beings who do good, and that Pebblesorters are not; but this is a mere happenstance of a moral miracle, not the justification for having fun instead of sorting pebbles.

It so happens that Pebblesorters are the sort of beings who do p-good, and that humans are not; but this is a mere happenstance of a p-moral miracle, not the p-justification for sorting pebbles instead of having fun. :-)