It depends on if you interpret “good” and “evil” as words derived from “should,” as I was doing. Good people are those that act as they should behave, and evil people as those that act as they shouldn’t behave. There is only one right thing to do.
But if you want to define evil another way, honestly, you’re probably right. I would note that I think “might be able to make the case that” is enough qualification.
So, more clearly:
If everyone’s extrapolated values are in accordance with my extrapolated values, information is our only problem, which we don’t need moral and decision theories to deal with.
If our extrapolated values differ, then they may differ a bit, in which case we have a small problem, or a medium amount, in which case there’s a big problem, or a lot, in which case there’s a huge problem. I can rate them on a continuous scale as to how well they accord with my extrapolated values. The ones at the top, I can work with, and those at the bottom, I can work against. However TDT states that we should be nicer to those at the bottom so that they’ll be nicer than us, whereas CDT does not, and therein lies the difference.
It depends on if you interpret “good” and “evil” as words derived from “should,” as I was doing. Good people are those that act as they should behave, and evil people as those that act as they shouldn’t behave. There is only one right thing to do.
But if you want to define evil another way, honestly, you’re probably right. I would note that I think “might be able to make the case that” is enough qualification.
So, more clearly:
If everyone’s extrapolated values are in accordance with my extrapolated values, information is our only problem, which we don’t need moral and decision theories to deal with.
If our extrapolated values differ, then they may differ a bit, in which case we have a small problem, or a medium amount, in which case there’s a big problem, or a lot, in which case there’s a huge problem. I can rate them on a continuous scale as to how well they accord with my extrapolated values. The ones at the top, I can work with, and those at the bottom, I can work against. However TDT states that we should be nicer to those at the bottom so that they’ll be nicer than us, whereas CDT does not, and therein lies the difference.