From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sun Aug 26 2001 - 21:48:29 MDT
From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>
> "Morality is objective, within a given frame of reference."
> -- Gordon Worley
How refreshing to read a message with relevant content, yet unencumbered by
word bloat.
The Biological Basis of Morality
www.theatlantic.com/issues/98apr/biomoral.htm
indicates the frame of reference in which morality is objective.
Like philosophy, morality provides us with reasons for doing what we want to
do.
People fight over territory and resources, using ideas as an excuse.
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Stay hungry,
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego
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