From: Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
Date: Sun Jan 04 2004 - 18:09:06 MST
"Metaqualia" <metaqualia@mynichi.com> writes:
>> If morality is subjective, then the morality which
>> says the Holocaust was the greatest thing in the world
>> is every bit as good as the morality which condemns
>> it.
>
> Which shows that a subjective morality is as useful as a hole in a cup.
>
>> Sadly, no objective morality exists, so it isn't possible to
>> program the "Friendly" AI to be perfect in its "Friendliness".
>
> I found an objective morality. I have proposed it many times.
>
> If it didn't feel like anything to be inside a gas chamber, it wouldn't be
> immoral to gas people.
So is it immoral to slaughter cows for food? They obviously "feel like
something" when they're slaughtered.
-- Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com
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