I believe that you do feel that. But if you think that excluding people like Chappell from the discussion is a fruitful way to proceed, then I am curious why you believe that what you are discussing is properly termed “Meta-ethics”.
ETA: Ok, I’ll try for a bit more charity. Why does it matter whether a reduction of “ought” to physics can or cannot be accomplished? Why not simply present your ideas and then point out that they have the virtue of making ‘ought’ reducible?
It seems to me that you are trying too hard to be a good follower of Eliezer. Take my word for it; that isn’t necessary to be respected in this forum. It is possible (though admittedly sometimes expensive) to communicate without first achieving some kind of metaphysical solid ground.
I didn’t spend more time on reductionism because that is covered in the reductionism sequence. This post is already too long; I don’t have the space to re-hash all the arguments for reductionism. Chappell already knows what’s in the reductionism sequence, and why he disagrees with it, and that is a different discussion.
I believe that you do feel that. But if you think that excluding people like Chappell from the discussion is a fruitful way to proceed, then I am curious why you believe that what you are discussing is properly termed “Meta-ethics”.
ETA: Ok, I’ll try for a bit more charity. Why does it matter whether a reduction of “ought” to physics can or cannot be accomplished? Why not simply present your ideas and then point out that they have the virtue of making ‘ought’ reducible?
It seems to me that you are trying too hard to be a good follower of Eliezer. Take my word for it; that isn’t necessary to be respected in this forum. It is possible (though admittedly sometimes expensive) to communicate without first achieving some kind of metaphysical solid ground.
I didn’t spend more time on reductionism because that is covered in the reductionism sequence. This post is already too long; I don’t have the space to re-hash all the arguments for reductionism. Chappell already knows what’s in the reductionism sequence, and why he disagrees with it, and that is a different discussion.
Luke’s position seems more reasonable here.
I have to say that the “following” around here is kinda irritating to me too.
There’s a scene from The Life of Brian that comes to mind—the “you’ve got to think for yourselves” scene.