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J_Taylor comments on Value evolution - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: PhilGoetz 08 December 2011 11:47PM

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Comment author: J_Taylor 09 December 2011 01:50:15AM 8 points [-]

"Slaves, obey your masters" was an economic necessity. (China had discovered Taoism and Buddhism centuries earlier.)

Confucianism would have been more appropriate.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 09 December 2011 03:23:23AM 0 points [-]

Good point. I think they all contribute toward the same end.