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jsalvatier comments on A Rationalist's Account of Objectification? - Less Wrong Discussion

43 Post author: lukeprog 19 March 2011 11:10PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 20 March 2011 09:33:36AM *  4 points [-]

The relevance of that link isn't lost on me, but it's not obvious to me that lukeprog's question is equivalent to "why does objectification offend people?"

Riding my cruelty hobby-horse a little more: I think that I find cruelty offensive. I'm open to a status-seeking explanation for that but it seems likely to me that more is going on.

Comment author: jsalvatier 20 March 2011 05:14:40PM 1 point [-]

To clarify, when A is cruel to B and C observes it (maybe not directly) who is being offensive to who?

Comment author: [deleted] 20 March 2011 05:25:04PM 2 points [-]

A to C