Where does that leave moral contractualists?
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Moral contractualism is a consequence of logical decision theory, which we've all agreed to use.
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Am I right in reading UDT as a formalization of a consequentialist controlling itself with virtue ethics
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Nope, it's the true master rule of consequentialism that no human can wield but that renders deontology unnecessary.
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(I did not actually find this clarifying, but I will try to bear this in mind next time I visit the math?)
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(I've always characterized consequentialism as a human belief system, and I suspect you may be gerrymandering its definition)
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deontology and virture ethics are what produce good consequences.
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Rule utilitarianism that defaults to deontology/virtue except with edge cases is common in practice.
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(the "value" of torture, is a good example. Greed as good capitalist practice is another.)
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but even "pure" utilitarianism has a response to those: torture doesn't produce it's claimed results, greed is inherently unstable.
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but psychologically even if you're right, it doesn't matter. Hard rules protect against weasely arguments better than rationalism.
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Kant demanded you tell a murderer where to find his victim, whose location you know, because if you lie and are accidentally right…
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you are equally responsible for the crime, which anybody who isn't explicitly a studied Kantian regards as ludicrous.
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Most everyone is a utilitarian by default when the numbers/consequences get big enough, better to work from that baseline.
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If you’re omniscient then consequentialism works great!
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a deontologist, a consequentialist, and an Aristotelian walk into a bar...
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Okay so now what am I meant to do when the Nazis come to my house looking for Anne Frank?
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After 4.5 billion years of cosmic natural selection, on the eve of intelligence with superior moral code, ethical vegan exemplars are the way of the future. For us, right and wrong is easy and, we think Ai will see it our way
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The consequences for following a strict moral code, while losing the race to be first would most likely be stunningly terrible. The consequences for compromising your strict moral code in order to win the race, most likely far worse. I think LSD holds the key
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I saw this the first time, but I only got it with the retweet.
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