AlephNeil comments on A Thought Experiment on Pain as a Moral Disvalue - Less Wrong Discussion
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That seems like a very counter-intuitive position to take, at least according to my intuitions. Do you think the sensation of pleasure in and of itself has moral value? If so, why the asymmetry? If not, what actually does have moral value?
Have you written more about your position elsewhere, or is it a standard one that I can look up?
No.
I have, but not in a convenient form. I'll just paste some stuff into this comment box:
[i.e. "don't take the following too seriously."]
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I'm not sure, but it's vaguely Nietzschean. For instance, here's a quote from Thus Spoke Zarathustra:
Actually, that one quote doesn't really suffice, but if you're interested, please read sections 4 and 5 of "Zarathustra's Prologue".
What about Eliezer's position, which you don't seem to address, that happiness is just one value among many? Why jump to the (again, highly counterintuitive) conclusion that happiness is not a value at all?