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ChristianKl comments on Help with understanding some non-standard-LW philosophy viewpoints - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 03 December 2015 10:44:28AM 0 points [-]

Egoism fits that description.

How so? Would you say that the sun arises tomorrow because you have an egoistic intuition that it does? Do you believe that personal preference shouldn't just be used to decide whether X or Y is better but also whether X or Y is true?