@Tiiba
I think you nailed it on the head. That is pretty much my view but you worded it better than I ever could. There is no The Meta-Morality. There are multiple possible memes(moralities and meta-moralities) and some work better than others at producing and keeping civilizations from falling apart.
@Eliezer
I am very interested in reading your meta-morality theory. Do you think it will be universally compelling to humans, or at least non brain damaged humans? Assuming there are humans out there who would not accept the theory, I am curious how those who do accept the theory ‘should’ react to them.
As for myself, I have my own idea of a meta-morality but it’s kind of rough at the moment. The gist of it involves bubbles. The basic bubble is the individual, than individual bubbles come together to form a new bubble containing the previous bubbles; families etc. etc. until you have the country bubbles and the world bubble. Any bubble can run under it’s own rules as long as it doesn’t interfere with other bubbles. If there is interference the smaller bubbles usually have priority over their own content. So for example no unconsented violence because individual bubbles have priority when it comes to their own bodies(content of individual bubbles), unless it’s the only way to prevent them from harming other individuals. Private gay stuff between 2 consenting adults is ok because it’s 2 individual bubbles coming together to make a 3d bubble and they have more say about their rules than anyone on the outside. Countries can have their own laws and rules but they may not hold or harm any smaller bubbles within them. At most they could expel them. Yeah it’s still kind of rough. I’ve dreamed up this system with the idea that a centralized super intelligence would be enforcing the rules. It’s probably not feasible without one. If this seems incomprehensible just ignore this paragraph.
@Tiiba I think you nailed it on the head. That is pretty much my view but you worded it better than I ever could. There is no The Meta-Morality. There are multiple possible memes(moralities and meta-moralities) and some work better than others at producing and keeping civilizations from falling apart.
@Eliezer I am very interested in reading your meta-morality theory. Do you think it will be universally compelling to humans, or at least non brain damaged humans? Assuming there are humans out there who would not accept the theory, I am curious how those who do accept the theory ‘should’ react to them.
As for myself, I have my own idea of a meta-morality but it’s kind of rough at the moment. The gist of it involves bubbles. The basic bubble is the individual, than individual bubbles come together to form a new bubble containing the previous bubbles; families etc. etc. until you have the country bubbles and the world bubble. Any bubble can run under it’s own rules as long as it doesn’t interfere with other bubbles. If there is interference the smaller bubbles usually have priority over their own content. So for example no unconsented violence because individual bubbles have priority when it comes to their own bodies(content of individual bubbles), unless it’s the only way to prevent them from harming other individuals. Private gay stuff between 2 consenting adults is ok because it’s 2 individual bubbles coming together to make a 3d bubble and they have more say about their rules than anyone on the outside. Countries can have their own laws and rules but they may not hold or harm any smaller bubbles within them. At most they could expel them. Yeah it’s still kind of rough. I’ve dreamed up this system with the idea that a centralized super intelligence would be enforcing the rules. It’s probably not feasible without one. If this seems incomprehensible just ignore this paragraph.