I’d ask Omega, “Which construal of volition are you using?”
There’s light in us somewhere, a better world inside us somewhere, the question is how to let it out. It’s probably more closely akin to the part of us that says “Wouldn’t everyone getting their wishes really turn out to be awful?” than the part of us that thinks up cool wishes. And it may even be that Islamic fundamentalists just don’t have any note of grace in them at all, that there is no better future written in them anywhere, that every reasonable construal of them ends up with an atheist who still wants others to burn in hell; and if so, the test I cited in the other comment, about filtering portions of the extrapolated volition that wouldn’t respect the volition of another who unconditionally respected theirs, seems like it ought to filter that.
the test I cited in the other comment, about filtering portions of the extrapolated volition that wouldn’t respect the volition of another who unconditionally respected theirs, seems like it ought to filter that.
I agree that certain limiting factors, tests, etc could be useful. I haven’t thought hard enough about this particular proposal to say whether it is really of use. My first thought is that if you have thought about it carefully, then it probably relatively good, just based on your track record.
I’d ask Omega, “Which construal of volition are you using?”
There’s light in us somewhere, a better world inside us somewhere, the question is how to let it out. It’s probably more closely akin to the part of us that says “Wouldn’t everyone getting their wishes really turn out to be awful?” than the part of us that thinks up cool wishes. And it may even be that Islamic fundamentalists just don’t have any note of grace in them at all, that there is no better future written in them anywhere, that every reasonable construal of them ends up with an atheist who still wants others to burn in hell; and if so, the test I cited in the other comment, about filtering portions of the extrapolated volition that wouldn’t respect the volition of another who unconditionally respected theirs, seems like it ought to filter that.
I agree that certain limiting factors, tests, etc could be useful. I haven’t thought hard enough about this particular proposal to say whether it is really of use. My first thought is that if you have thought about it carefully, then it probably relatively good, just based on your track record.