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TheOtherDave comments on Open Thread, October 7 - October 12, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 11 October 2013 06:37:18PM 1 point [-]

Yes, I would expect that most people need to overcome substantial psychological barriers before they are willing to kill someone, especially before they are willing to kill complete strangers. If that is inconsistent with something being a natural inclination, well, OK, then I'll agree that murder isn't a natural inclination.

As you suggest in your first sentence, this has more to do with the meaning of "natural inclination" than with anything related to my original point.

Trying to get away from the purely semantic issue... do you disagree with any of this? If so, what?