e.g., LessWrong's 2014 survey had 60% "leaning towards consequentialism", 10% virtue ethics http://lesswrong.com/lw/lhg/2014_survey_results/ …
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Replying to @DominikPeters @buybuydandavis and
Actually, it says 60% "accept or lean" consequentialist. I call that confirmation of my generalization.
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Replying to @bryan_caplan @DominikPeters and
Having 60% 'lean or accept' something sounds like a debate, not like 'most are hastily and dogmatically rejecting criticism'.
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Replying to @TheZvi @DominikPeters and
Support for the other views is *very* low. And to repeat, consequentialism is a view vulnerable to notoriously devastating counter-examples.
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Replying to @bryan_caplan @TheZvi and
2) I think "do professional philosophers disagree with you?" is not a good test of rightness, & produces other results you would find absurd
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Replying to @juliagalef @bryan_caplan and
Moral systems are just attempted rationalizations of specific policy conclusions produced by sentiment, DUH. :D
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Replying to @Noahpinion @juliagalef and
@Noahpinion I think before you can call something "rationalization" you need a theory of valid and invalid justifications. What's yours?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ESYudkowsky @juliagalef and
My theory of "validity" would just be a rationalization of my instinctive reactions, though. ;-)
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Replying to @Noahpinion @juliagalef and
Apparently you have no grounds on which to claim there's anything wrong with that.
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Replying to @ESYudkowsky @juliagalef and
Correct. And personally, I think it's just fine.
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So if I use my second-order intuitions about symmetry to organize my first-order urges and call that valid moral reasoning, we still chill?
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