People are often wrong about what their preferences are + most humans have roughly similar moral hardware. Not identical, but close enough to behave as if we all share a common moral instinct.
When you make someone an argument and they change their mind on a moral issue, you haven’t changed their underlying preferences...you’ve simply given them insight as to what their true preferences are.
For example, if a neurotypical human said that belief in God was the reason they don’t go around looting and stealing, they’d be wrong about themselves as a matter of simple fact.
-as per the definition of preference that I think makes the most sense.
-Alternatively, you might actually be re-programming their preferences...I think it’s fair to say that at least some preferences commonly called “moral” are largely culturally programmed.
People are often wrong about what their preferences are + most humans have roughly similar moral hardware. Not identical, but close enough to behave as if we all share a common moral instinct.
When you make someone an argument and they change their mind on a moral issue, you haven’t changed their underlying preferences...you’ve simply given them insight as to what their true preferences are.
For example, if a neurotypical human said that belief in God was the reason they don’t go around looting and stealing, they’d be wrong about themselves as a matter of simple fact.
-as per the definition of preference that I think makes the most sense.
-Alternatively, you might actually be re-programming their preferences...I think it’s fair to say that at least some preferences commonly called “moral” are largely culturally programmed.