Monotheistic religion is kind of like having an immortal leader. Like, you just coordinate with other people to behave as if there is lord behind your back that commands you to do things. The Lord is invulnerable and undying, unsusceptible to threats. The Lord worked on the same goals for hundreds of years, you can see what people he commanded built, achieved, ruled.
You can pledge your allegiance to him without leaving your town, he has his representatives there. Or even without leaving the space of your thoughts.
Kind of like corporate personhood, but uhh moral construct/contract personhood?
Problem with it is that there are a lot of random factual claims baked into this contract. How the history went, who was the source of the information, how the world work in some ways. Clearly, it’s not a loadbearing part of it, just some hit on compellingness, persuasiveness, schelling-pointness.
Is it possible to make a similar moral construct without baking in huge amount of bullshit? Can it be done artificially, with clear vision what one tries to build?
Monotheistic religion is kind of like having an immortal leader. Like, you just coordinate with other people to behave as if there is lord behind your back that commands you to do things. The Lord is invulnerable and undying, unsusceptible to threats. The Lord worked on the same goals for hundreds of years, you can see what people he commanded built, achieved, ruled.
You can pledge your allegiance to him without leaving your town, he has his representatives there. Or even without leaving the space of your thoughts.
Kind of like corporate personhood, but uhh moral construct/contract personhood?
Problem with it is that there are a lot of random factual claims baked into this contract. How the history went, who was the source of the information, how the world work in some ways. Clearly, it’s not a loadbearing part of it, just some hit on compellingness, persuasiveness, schelling-pointness.
Is it possible to make a similar moral construct without baking in huge amount of bullshit? Can it be done artificially, with clear vision what one tries to build?