Simon: “Eliezer tries to derive his morality from human values”
I would correct the above to “Eliezer tries to derive his morality from stated human values.”
That’s where many of his errors come from. Everyone is a selfish bastard. But Eliezer cannot bring himself to believe it, and a good fraction of the sorts of people whose opinions get taken seriously can’t bring themselves to admit it.
Simon: “Eliezer tries to derive his morality from human values”
I would correct the above to “Eliezer tries to derive his morality from stated human values.”
That’s where many of his errors come from. Everyone is a selfish bastard. But Eliezer cannot bring himself to believe it, and a good fraction of the sorts of people whose opinions get taken seriously can’t bring themselves to admit it.