Jadagul comments on Hot Air Doesn't Disagree - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 August 2008 12:42AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (45)

Sort By: Old

You are viewing a single comment's thread.

Comment author: Jadagul 16 August 2008 09:49:04AM 0 points [-]

But Mario, why not? In J-morality it's wrong to hurt people, both because I have empathy towards people and so I like them, and because people tend to create net positive externalities. But that's a value judgment. I can't come up with any argument that would convince a sociopath that he "oughtn't" kill people when he can get away with it. Even in theory.

There was nothing wrong with Raskolnikov's moral theory. He just didn't realize that he wasn't a Napoleon.