P-morality has a different view about well-being of agents. P-well-being consists solely of the universe having more piles of properly sorted pebbles. Hunger of agents is p-irrelevant, except that it might indirectly affect the sorting of pebbles. If a properly sorted pile of pebbles can be scattered to prevent the suffering of an agent, it p-should not be.
Conversely, h-morality considers suffering of agents to be directly h-relevant, and the sorting of piles of pebbles is only indirectly h-relevant. An agent h-should not be tortured to prevent the scattering of any pile of pebbles.
None of this provides a reason why torturing agents is objectively o-worse than scattering pebbles, so does not validate any claim to objective morality. To appeal to objective morality, we first have to accept that everything that is h-right and/or p-right may or may not be o-right. Frankly. I’m scared enough that that is the case that I would rather remain h-right and be ignorant of what is o-right than take the risk that o-right differs significantly from what is h-right. From the subjective point of view, that is even the h-right decision to make. The pebblesorters also agree- it is p-wrong to try to change to o-morality, just like it is p-wrong to change to h-morality.
P-morality has a different view about well-being of agents. P-well-being consists solely of the universe having more piles of properly sorted pebbles. Hunger of agents is p-irrelevant, except that it might indirectly affect the sorting of pebbles. If a properly sorted pile of pebbles can be scattered to prevent the suffering of an agent, it p-should not be.
Conversely, h-morality considers suffering of agents to be directly h-relevant, and the sorting of piles of pebbles is only indirectly h-relevant. An agent h-should not be tortured to prevent the scattering of any pile of pebbles.
None of this provides a reason why torturing agents is objectively o-worse than scattering pebbles, so does not validate any claim to objective morality. To appeal to objective morality, we first have to accept that everything that is h-right and/or p-right may or may not be o-right. Frankly. I’m scared enough that that is the case that I would rather remain h-right and be ignorant of what is o-right than take the risk that o-right differs significantly from what is h-right. From the subjective point of view, that is even the h-right decision to make. The pebblesorters also agree- it is p-wrong to try to change to o-morality, just like it is p-wrong to change to h-morality.