https://twitter.com/Alrenous/status/517708634625957888 … Even the e.g. Christian 'spiritual harm' criterion reduces to prudence. Either you want to avoid bad karma or...
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or you have an intrinsic terminal value against harming others, in which case it's imprudent to go against your own values.
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Actually I might be able to work with this second one...
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Nevertheless, prudence has to be downstream of morality, because it must be prudence(x, morality, n...), not morality(prudence, n...)
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It might be fine if they resonate too, (prudence(morality(prudence))).
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I think I have it. It's disappointingly prosaic, which is a good sign. Terminal value of not hurting others invokes and defines morality.
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Not actually mere prudence, for the same anti-circular reason you can't get morality by asserting you want morality.
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Ha, already forgetting my own critical nitpicks: Terminal value of not hurting others who don't want to hurt you.
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@sarahdoingthing Consciousness has two modes, sensation and decision. My sensational self is what I feel bleeding if you cut it.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing The decision self is the set of objective phenomena over which I have control. (can scale for directness if you want.)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes - 22 more replies
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