Caledonian2 comments on Back Up and Ask Whether, Not Why - Less Wrong

32 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 November 2008 07:20PM

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Comment author: Caledonian2 07 November 2008 11:59:55PM 1 point [-]

Z.M., I agree with your analysis up to the point where you suggest that rational agents act to preserve their current value system.

I suggest that it may be useful for you to consider what the purpose of a value system is. When trying to decide between two value systems, a rational agent must evaluate them in some way. Is there an impersonal and objective set of criteria for evaluation?