As for those deploring the ban, I can see your deontological position, but do you think that Less Wrong is going to become measurably worse because of this decision?
I’ve been thinking of the ban as deontological—the premise is that Eugene has shown himself to be a sufficiently bad sort of person that he just isn’t worth having around.
Perhaps it’s a matter of competing deontological frameworks.
I’ve been thinking of the ban as deontological—the premise is that Eugene has shown himself to be a sufficiently bad sort of person that he just isn’t worth having around.
Perhaps it’s a matter of competing deontological frameworks.
You may be right. I thought deontogical covers all “do the right thing no matter what happens” systems.