http://www.overcomingbias.com/2019/05/simplerules.html … @robinhanson's explanation for why people prefer discretion to simple rules is overconfidence -- everyone assumes *they'd* be the one to have special pull with decision-makers, or wants to pretend they are. "Let's play fair" is a loser's position.
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5.) "Copenhagen interpretation of ethics" = condemnation of intentional but not unintentional harm. This makes some sense as a legal standard, but it's crazy when you expand it to policy, as many do.
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Most people prefer policies with large, harmful unintended consequences over policies which explicitly admit to causing some, smaller harms. This seems like a result of confusing the question of "would this be a good world to live in?" with "should these people be punished?"
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6.) There's a weird thing where justice/rationality/impersonal principle is coded as "mean" while making exceptions is coded as "nice." A "judgmental" person is one who makes *harsh* judgments -- even though judgments can be good as well as bad.
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This may just be loss aversion or pessimistic bias: the fear of being punished for our failings is more salient than the hope of being rewarded for our merits.
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