@Eliezer: “As this is what I identify with the meaning of the term, ‘good’...”
I’m still a little cloudy about one thing though Eliezer, and this seems to be the point Roko is making as well. Once you have determined what physically has happened in a situation, and what has caused it, how do inarguably decide that it is “good” or “bad”? Based on what system of prefering one physical state over another?
Obviously, saving a child from death is good, but how do you decide in trickier situations where intuition can’t do the work for you, and where people just can’t agree on anything, like say, abortion?
@Eliezer: “As this is what I identify with the meaning of the term, ‘good’...”
I’m still a little cloudy about one thing though Eliezer, and this seems to be the point Roko is making as well. Once you have determined what physically has happened in a situation, and what has caused it, how do inarguably decide that it is “good” or “bad”? Based on what system of prefering one physical state over another?
Obviously, saving a child from death is good, but how do you decide in trickier situations where intuition can’t do the work for you, and where people just can’t agree on anything, like say, abortion?