Why is it interesting to think about Kant’s stab at moral philosophy?
Where is the progress beyond it? The rationalsphere has only recently progressed from naive utilitarianism to something like rule consequentialism or Kantianism....it’s playing catch up.
That was my question, whether there has been much progress. My guess is that Eliezer eventually converged to the obvious, utilitarianism within reasonable deontological rules inspired by the virtues held by the person. This resolves the edge cases like whether to be honest with a killer at the door (no, because it would conflict with your values). This doesn’t seem like anything very new, but it certainly departs from pure deontology and pure utilitarianism
Where is the progress beyond it? The rationalsphere has only recently progressed from naive utilitarianism to something like rule consequentialism or Kantianism....it’s playing catch up.
That was my question, whether there has been much progress. My guess is that Eliezer eventually converged to the obvious, utilitarianism within reasonable deontological rules inspired by the virtues held by the person. This resolves the edge cases like whether to be honest with a killer at the door (no, because it would conflict with your values). This doesn’t seem like anything very new, but it certainly departs from pure deontology and pure utilitarianism