TheOtherDave comments on Thoughts on moral intuitions - LessWrong

39 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 30 June 2012 06:01AM

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

Comments (199)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Desrtopa 01 July 2012 09:53:47PM 1 point [-]

Personally I'd be okay with the flogging version. Some people are into that sort of thing.

I don't know of anyone who's into serious, blood-down-the-back flogging, although I'm not confident there aren't any, but supposing they are, doesn't that render it meaningless as a disincentive?

Comment author: TheOtherDave 02 July 2012 02:25:20AM -1 points [-]

Maybe they want to encourage adultery.

Comment author: Strange7 02 July 2012 08:00:18PM 0 points [-]

Or, perhaps they expect to engage in adultery and feel guilty about it, but want the relationship to continue in such circumstances, so the flogging is a way to discharge those guilty feelings and get on with things.