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Calvin comments on To capture anti-death intuitions, include memory in utilitarianism - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 15 January 2014 06:27AM

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Comment author: Calvin 15 January 2014 07:27:46AM 1 point [-]

Is just me, or is it somewhat to the contrary to normal approach taken by some utilitarians, I mean, here we are tweaking the models, while elsewhere some apparent utilitarians seem to be approaching it from the other case:

My intuition does not match current model, so I am making incorrect choice and need to change intuition and become more moral, and act according to preferred values.

Tweaking the model seems like several magnitudes harder, but as I guess, also several magnitudes more rewarding. I mean, I would love to see a self-consistent moral framework that maps to my personal values, but I assume it is not a goal that is easy to achieve, unless we include egoism, I guess.