On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 8:11 PM, Peter Voss <[email protected]> wrote: > Matt -- I can't just let that go...
Of course you can't. People feel very strongly about their ethical beliefs. Just to be clear, my own ethical beliefs are like most other people's. For example, I believe it is wrong to kill or harm other people. But that is because of how I was raised. There may also be genetic reasons why I find cannibalism and incest repulsive. Most other species display this behavior too. But if ethical beliefs were more than opinions, then there would be no controversy over abortion, animal rights, immigration, gay rights, women's rights, the death penalty, euthanasia, and so on. We could just do experiments to see which side was right. -- -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
