TheOtherDave comments on Thoughts on moral intuitions - LessWrong

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

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Comment author: mwengler 03 July 2012 07:25:34AM 1 point [-]

Good point. So we have now had astronomy for more than 2000 years, thanks Astrology!

What have we gotten from doing Ethics? What has moral realism delivered? I suppose you might say a population easier to rule, and that would be something indeed, but before I put words in your mouth, you tell me what you get for having tried to systematize morality for 4000 years?