As a human, I try to abide by the deontological prohibitions that humans have made to live in peace with one another. [...] I don’t go around pushing people into the paths of trains myself, nor stealing from banks to fund my altruistic projects.
It seems a strong claim to suggest that the limits you impose on yourself due to epistemological deficiency line up exactly with the mores and laws imposed by society. Are there some conventional ends-don’t-justify-means notions that you would violate, or non-socially-taboo situations in which you would restrain yourself?
Also, what happens when the consequences grow large? Say 1 person to save 500, or 1 to save 3^^^^3?
what happens when the consequences grow large? Say 1 person to save 500, or 1 to save 3^^^^3?
If 3^^^^3 lives are at stake, and we assume that we are running on faulty or even hostile hardware, then it becomes all the more important not to rely on potentially-corrupted “seems like this will work”.
It seems a strong claim to suggest that the limits you impose on yourself due to epistemological deficiency line up exactly with the mores and laws imposed by society. Are there some conventional ends-don’t-justify-means notions that you would violate, or non-socially-taboo situations in which you would restrain yourself?
Also, what happens when the consequences grow large? Say 1 person to save 500, or 1 to save 3^^^^3?
If 3^^^^3 lives are at stake, and we assume that we are running on faulty or even hostile hardware, then it becomes all the more important not to rely on potentially-corrupted “seems like this will work”.