What if Congress were considering the “Exterminate Less Wrong Act of 2012”? What kind of anti-ELWA speech or activism would you consider inappropriate here?
In the LCPW I would consider discussion and activism completely appropriate. My argument is consquentialist, not deontological—if the legislation in question was damaging enough and discussion/protest of ELWA was useful enough that the expected value of doing nothing was less than the expected value of talking about/protesting ELWA, I would be fine with such discussion and activism. I don’t think this is the case with SOPA.
To play Least Convenient Possible World:
What if Congress were considering the “Exterminate Less Wrong Act of 2012”? What kind of anti-ELWA speech or activism would you consider inappropriate here?
In the LCPW I would consider discussion and activism completely appropriate. My argument is consquentialist, not deontological—if the legislation in question was damaging enough and discussion/protest of ELWA was useful enough that the expected value of doing nothing was less than the expected value of talking about/protesting ELWA, I would be fine with such discussion and activism. I don’t think this is the case with SOPA.