From: Ben Goertzel (ben@goertzel.org)
Date: Sun Jan 11 2004 - 19:58:18 MST
Sure, I do value life in all its forms. I also value nonlife however ... I
value natural forms like the Grand Canyon, the Southern Alps, etc. etc.
....
There are a host of values one would like to inculcate in addition to
friendliness to past/present/future sentients
Examples are,
respect for
-- life
-- diversity
-- complexity
ben g
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-sl4@sl4.org [mailto:owner-sl4@sl4.org]On Behalf Of Philip
Sutton
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 7:51 PM
To: sl4@sl4.org
Subject: RE: Friendliness and blank-slate goal bootstrap
Hi Ben,
> I think that "having respect for all the universe's potential", is
> perhaps included in "Friendliness to sentient beings past, present and
> future" ["past" included to cover the possibility of time travel ;-) ]
I like your current version of your goal statement - "Friendliness to
sentient beings past, present and future" most out of your versions so far.
You might want to mention a spacial dimension - eg. "everywhere".
This goal statement still seems to be some distance away from a goal that
would lead to a "respect for life" in general. I understand your special
regard for sentient beings (I share it) but lots of people have respect "for
life in all its forms" so is there a need for a goal statement that directly
addresses the "respect for life" question without having to be derived from
the "Friendliness to sentient beings everywhere, past, present and future"
goal statement?
Cheers, Philip
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