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lukeprog comments on Why Do We Engage in Moral Simplification? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: lukeprog 14 February 2011 06:26:06AM 4 points [-]

It's worth noting that most moral systems are not as simplistic as utilitarianisms and Kantianisms. Many religious moral systems, for example, project the complexity of human values onto the magical psychology of deities. Virtue theories and contract theories can't easily be reduced to a single moral principle, either. Recent studies in experimental philosophy suggest that moral relativism is more prevalent than once thought, too.