@Meaningness I've never been able to understand this perspective; "ethical" (in the sense used here) just seems like it means "shoulded".
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@Meaningness (And maybe there's a different sense of "ethical" where it refers more to things you wouldn't already do out of base motives.)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies Maybe… maybe that points at the concept of a lower bound of ethical adequacy, with the zone of freedom above.5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness When people ask "how ethical should I be", maybe they're modeling themselves as acting on base motives by default,1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Meaningness but being pulled in other directions like altruism or rule-following by moral reflection,1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Meaningness and asking how strongly they should be so pulled before it causes them to overshoot the ethical-philosophically best action.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Meaningness E.g. "How ethical [pulled toward altruistic] should [according to utilitarianism] I [who am inclined to be egoistic] be?"2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies I think that’s probably right except the [according to utilitarianism].3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness But it seems like considerations are similar for e.g. how much one should follow rules at one's own expense.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness I guess the intuition is that the "should" here doesn't actually represent theories like utilitarianism and deontology.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@MemberOfSpecies I’m not sure what “theories LIKE u&d” would include/exclude, but probably yes.
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