I’m not sure I understand this talk of “moral frames of reference” vs simply “values”.
But would an analogy to frame change be theory change? As when we replace Newton’s theory of gravity with Einstein’s theory, leaving the vast majority of theoretical predictions intact?
In this analogy, we might make the change (in theory or moral frame) because we encounter new information (new astronomical or moral facts) that impel the change. Or, we might change for the same reason we might change from the Copenhagen interpretation to MWI—it seems to work just as well, but has greater elegance.
I’m not sure I understand this talk of “moral frames of reference” vs simply “values”.
By analogy, take a complicated program as “frame of reference”, and state of knowledge about what it outputs “current values”. As you learn more, “current values” change, but frame of reference, defining the subject matter, stays the same and determines the direction of discovering more precise “current values”.
Note that the exact output may well be unknowable in its explicit form, but “frame of reference” says precisely what it is. Compare with infinite mathematical structures that can never be seen “explicitly”, but with the laws of correct reasoning about them perfectly defined.
As you learn more, “current values” change, but frame of reference, defining the subject matter, stays the same and determines the direction of discovering more precise “current values”.
Is there potential divergence of “current values” in this analogy (or in your model of morality)?
I’m not sure I understand this talk of “moral frames of reference” vs simply “values”.
But would an analogy to frame change be theory change? As when we replace Newton’s theory of gravity with Einstein’s theory, leaving the vast majority of theoretical predictions intact?
In this analogy, we might make the change (in theory or moral frame) because we encounter new information (new astronomical or moral facts) that impel the change. Or, we might change for the same reason we might change from the Copenhagen interpretation to MWI—it seems to work just as well, but has greater elegance.
By analogy, take a complicated program as “frame of reference”, and state of knowledge about what it outputs “current values”. As you learn more, “current values” change, but frame of reference, defining the subject matter, stays the same and determines the direction of discovering more precise “current values”.
Note that the exact output may well be unknowable in its explicit form, but “frame of reference” says precisely what it is. Compare with infinite mathematical structures that can never be seen “explicitly”, but with the laws of correct reasoning about them perfectly defined.
Is there potential divergence of “current values” in this analogy (or in your model of morality)?