I don’t understand. Nothing bridges the is-ought divide. The notion of “goodness” is purely subjective and socially constructed.
But everything interesting about humanity is subjective and socially constructed. That doesn’t make it meaningless, it just reinforces that meaning is personal and subjective, and includes others because we care about others, in a recursive-reinforcement way.
Why is altruism or AI Safety only important if there’s a god or physical law behind it? People are important (to me, to you, to other people). Help them!
See the first paragraph — I think moral subjectivism is a bit less attractive than Objective Morality, as an ideal, but not much worse. By “Deep Nihilism” I mean that there isn’t even a coherent subjective morality.
I don’t understand. Nothing bridges the is-ought divide. The notion of “goodness” is purely subjective and socially constructed.
But everything interesting about humanity is subjective and socially constructed. That doesn’t make it meaningless, it just reinforces that meaning is personal and subjective, and includes others because we care about others, in a recursive-reinforcement way.
Why is altruism or AI Safety only important if there’s a god or physical law behind it? People are important (to me, to you, to other people). Help them!
See the first paragraph — I think moral subjectivism is a bit less attractive than Objective Morality, as an ideal, but not much worse. By “Deep Nihilism” I mean that there isn’t even a coherent subjective morality.