You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

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

24 Post author: Wei_Dai 14 February 2011 01:16AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Article Navigation

Comments (35)
Tags: metaethics philosophy

Comments (35)

You are viewing a single comment's thread.

Comment author: timtyler 14 February 2011 07:54:20PM 3 points [-]

Why do we find it natural or attractive to simplify our moral intuitions?

Because of Occam's razor, reductionism and signalling.

Powered by Reddit Powered by Reddit