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Comment author: MugaSofer 27 December 2012 03:46:02AM 4 points [-]

For all we know, somebody trying to reason about a moral concept like "fairness" may just be taking a random walk as they move from one conclusion to another based on moral arguments they encounter or think up.

Well. Not a purely random walk. A weighted one.

Isn't this true of all beliefs? And isn't rationality just increasing the weight in the right direction?

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