From: Chris Hibbert (hibbert@agorics.com)
Date: Thu Nov 18 1999 - 10:22:02 MST
rhanson@gmu.edu said:
> And as far as I can tell, all interesting moral/ethical/ought
> questions are equivalent to questions about what various creatures
> want.
I find that pretty surprising, Robin. I might be willing to grant that you
and I have read enough game theory to have the underlying chain of
reasoning in our heads to be able to get from our model of the nature of
thinking agents to simple rules like tit-for-tat, or the golden rule, but I
sure don't see how Joe or Jane on-the-street's desires lead directly to
reasonable ethical rules. Care to say more?
Chris
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