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TheAncientGeek comments on Impartial ethics and personal decisions - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: Emile 08 March 2015 12:14PM

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 09 March 2015 03:47:24PM 1 point [-]

Your example of the King who wants you to torture is extreme, and doesnt generalize ... you have set up not torturing as a non-negotiable absolute imperative. A more steelmanned case would be compromising on negotiable principles at the behest of society at large.