I do apologize for coming late to the party; I've been reading, and really feel like I'm missing an inferential step that someone can point me towards.
I'll try to briefly summarize, knowing that I'll gloss over some details; hopefully, the details so glossed over will help anyone who wishes to help me find the missing step.
It seems to me that Eliezer's philosophy of morality (as presented in the metaethics sequence) is: morality is the computation which decides which action is right (or which of N actions is the most right) by determining which action maxi... (read more)
"Better" and "closer to morality" and "h-morality" refer to the same thing here. "H-morality is better" roughly means "better is better". Seeing no evidence that h-morality is better is like seeing no evidence that 2=2.
As far as I can see this is a reason why Eliezer doesn't bother with calling morality "h-morality" though I might be erring.
My first problem (which may well be a missed inferential step) is with the assumed universality, within humanity, of a system of goals.
From what I've seen, others have the same objection; I do as well, and I have not seen an adequate response.
how is it that humans have discovered "right" while the Pebble-people have discovered only "p-right"? Even if I grant the assertion that all humans are using the same fundamental morality, and Alice and Bob would necessarily agree if they had access to the same information, how is it that huma
I do apologize for coming late to the party; I've been reading, and really feel like I'm missing an inferential step that someone can point me towards.
I'll try to briefly summarize, knowing that I'll gloss over some details; hopefully, the details so glossed over will help anyone who wishes to help me find the missing step.
It seems to me that Eliezer's philosophy of morality (as presented in the metaethics sequence) is: morality is the computation which decides which action is right (or which of N actions is the most right) by determining which action maxi... (read more)
From what I've seen, others have the same objection; I do as well, and I have not seen an adequate response.
... (read more)