Larry_D'Anna comments on No License To Be Human - Less Wrong

18 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 August 2008 11:18PM

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Comment author: Larry_D'Anna 21 August 2008 03:32:09PM 2 points [-]

@Roko

Also, Echoing Jadagul: as most people use the words, you're a moral relativist

Honestly I do not understand how you can continue calling Eliezer a relativist when he has persistently claimed that what is right doesn't depend on who's asking and doesn't depend on what anyone thinks is right.

Is anyone who does not believes in universally compelling arguments a relativist?

Is anyone who does not believe that morality is ontologically primitive a relativist?

Is anyone who does not believe that morality admits a concise description a relativist?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 04 November 2013 01:49:26PM 1 point [-]

Honestly I do not understand how you can continue calling Eliezer a relativist when he has persistently claimed that what is right doesn't depend on who's asking and doesn't depend on what anyone thinks is right.

Which mean he isn't an individual-level relativist. He could still be a group level relativist,

Comment author: VAuroch 28 November 2013 09:24:18PM -1 points [-]

To your first two questions, probably and yes.