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Comment author: lmm 01 November 2014 10:37:17PM -1 points [-]

I'm not. Each of them has a moral opinion and knows what they believe to be the right action. Their disagreement is an ordinary moral disagreement; there are plenty of other moral questions where there is no consensus.

Comment author: Lumifer 01 November 2014 10:43:57PM 1 point [-]

So in this context what does knowing "the relative moral worth of cows and insects" mean?

Comment author: lmm 01 November 2014 10:58:35PM 0 points [-]

The same thing as knowing how delicious a certain food is.

Comment author: Lumifer 02 November 2014 12:08:43AM 0 points [-]

Sure, but then there is no problem in knowing, ever. You said "we don't know, but we can make an estimate" and with respect to my personal opinion about how delicious a certain food is, I have immediate direct knowledge and no need for estimates.

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