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diff --git a/content/entry/making-sense-of-metaethics.md b/content/entry/making-sense-of-metaethics.md index d63abb0..d1e86f5 100644 --- a/content/entry/making-sense-of-metaethics.md +++ b/content/entry/making-sense-of-metaethics.md @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ I won't bother going into more detail on that since a very good book has already ## Well Being In The Moral Landscape, Sam starts with well being as his ethical foundation. So let's talk about how that works in my moral semantics. -First, I'll start with the observation that [any level of intelligence is compatible with almost any intrinsic value/goal.](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonality_thesis) Humans though, as products of evolution by natural selection, share anthropomorphic goals. Generally speaking, we want to promote well being for ourselves and others. +First, I'll start with the observation that [any level of intelligence is compatible with almost any intrinsic value/goal](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonality_thesis). Humans though, as products of evolution by natural selection, share anthropomorphic goals. Generally speaking, we want to promote well being for ourselves and others. As a matter of convenience, we make the (usually correct) assumption that whoever we're dealing with has similar intrinsic values to us and thus we can attempt to reason with them. In the case of psychopaths, this may not be true. But they're rare enough that it doesn't matter. So I take no issue with Sam's starting with well being as the entry point for thinking about ethical questions. |