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endoself comments on Another Argument Against Eliezer's Meta-Ethics - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: Wei_Dai 05 February 2011 12:54AM

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Comment author: endoself 05 February 2011 01:25:07AM 0 points [-]

While Eliezer's moral judgments are tentative, and he would update them if he had access to IE, he does have a process for making judgments that is distinct from thinking about the decisions of FAIs and ideal selves. IE will presumably base decisions entirely on these factors.

Comment author: Wei_Dai 05 February 2011 01:32:27AM 0 points [-]

Agreed, but when IE is making decisions (using a process that is distinct from thinking about the decisions of FAIs and ideal selves), do the words "morality" or "should" ever enter into his mind and end up making a difference in his decisions? If so, what does he mean by them?

Comment author: endoself 05 February 2011 02:02:52AM *  0 points [-]

"Morality" describes (the result of) the process he uses. The thing as a whole is about morality, it is not an aspect in his decision process. Morality is the sum of the thousand shards of desire.