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g_pepper comments on Open thread, Sep. 12 - Sep. 18, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: g_pepper 15 September 2016 03:40:18PM 1 point [-]

But if someone says we shouldn't paint someone's house purple without their permission, how do we know which abstract principle to induce?

Here's a humorous illustration of the difficulty of selecting the correct abstract principle.