Anyway this is basically the golden rule and the golden rule is shit because it ignores the degree to which preferences vary among people.
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Replying to @GeniesLoki
what about the golden metarule that takes into consideration that you would not have done unto you things that someone else would have done unto themselves but that you dont want done unto you nonetheless
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Replying to @eigenrobot
I've argued with too many utilitarians to accept "if you think real hard my terrible ethical system turns into a completely different ethical system that is Actually Good" as a valid line of reasoning.
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Replying to @GeniesLoki
I think your about to talk yourself into endorsing the NAP
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Replying to @eigenrobot
I don't think so? I'm mostly a virtue ethicist TBH
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Replying to @GeniesLoki @eigenrobot
Trying to define simple rules about right action is a sin. (Except this one, this is a fine and virtuous rule that has no exceptions except itself)
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Replying to @eigenrobot @GeniesLoki
robot come on the answer is clearly both
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Replying to @eigenrobot @GeniesLoki
seeking virtue entails avoiding vice
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