Doug_S. comments on Why Does Power Corrupt? - Less Wrong

28 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 October 2008 12:23AM

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Comment author: Doug_S. 14 October 2008 05:04:02PM 0 points [-]

So we now have 4 hypotheses:

1. Males are inclined to perceive those presently in power as corrupt. (Eliezer)

2. People are corrupted by power.

3. People are corrupt. (Steven)

4. Power selects for people who are corrupt.

How can we select from among these?

That is a very good question, and it seems like an important one, as well. It is also a question to which I do not know the answer.