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orthonormal comments on What is Eliezer Yudkowsky's meta-ethical theory? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: orthonormal 01 February 2011 05:40:24PM 1 point [-]

(3) Just as simple subjectivism is an implausible theory of what 'right' means, so Eliezer's meta-semantic subjectivism is an implausible theory of why 'right' means promoting external goods X, Y, Z. An adequately objective metaethics shouldn't even give preferences a reference-fixing role.

This seems to me like begging the question. Can you expand on this?

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