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Phlebas comments on Should I play World of Warcraft? - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: PhilGoetz 07 October 2011 04:25AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 07 October 2011 06:36:58PM 1 point [-]

It probably wasn't the best example. But I did say "explicit" choice - i.e. some agent offered them this choice directly for whatever reason. It may be true that we are disturbingly amoral when the effects of our actions are several steps removed, the victim is at a distance etc. And it may be true that we don't tend to shut up and multiply in moral matters. But given my clarification, the point still stands that there is nothing unusual about prioritising other values above our own enjoyment of something.