You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

Salemicus comments on Integral versus differential ethics - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 01 December 2014 06:04PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (44)

You are viewing a single comment's thread.

Comment author: Salemicus 02 December 2014 02:02:00PM 1 point [-]

I think this logic applies to a whole class of problems, not just ethics. Specifically, if we are unsure of both our premises and our conclusion, then we might want to apply a method of reflective equilibrium, which combines what you call the "integral" and "differential" perspectives.