From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Sat Aug 17 2002 - 11:00:08 MDT
Lee Corbin wrote:
> Eliezer writes
>
>>What should we do if Manhattan gets nuked? Well, medical care
>>for the victims would be a good start.
>
> This evasion of the central question is out of character for you, Eliezer.
> And if you really believe that governments of 21st century and 20th century
> nations should take no actions in some cases, *silence* is not the proper way
> to recommend that option (as you said in a part of your reply I didn't quote).
Mm, that's not quite the point I was trying to make. Silence doesn't mean
you recommend inaction, but it does mean you haven't thought of any good
answers yet.
Medical care for the victims is something we unambiguously know is morally
right. That's why I offered it as a starting point.
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