Find a path that allows people to feel that they have given their informed consent to both the project and the timetable—anything else is morally wrong.
I suspect you want to replace “feel like they have given” with “give.”
Unless you are actually claiming that what is immoral is to make people fail to feel consulted, rather than to fail to consult them, which doesn’t sound like what you’re saying.
Find a path that allows people to feel that they have given their informed consent to both the project and the timetable—anything else is morally wrong.
I suspect you want to replace “feel like they have given” with “give.”
I think I will go with a simple tense change: “feel that they are giving”. Assent is far more important in the lead-up to the Singularity than during the aftermath.
Although I used the language “morally wrong”, my reason for that was mostly to make the rhetorical construction parallel. My preference for an open, inclusive process is a strong preference, but it is really more political/practical than moral/idealistic. One ought to allow the horses to approach the trough of political participation, if only to avoid being trampled, but one is not morally required to teach them how to drink.
Ah, I see. Sure, if you don’t mean morally wrong but rather politically impractical, then I withdraw my suggestion… I entirely misunderstood your point.
No, I did originally say (and mostly mean) “morally” rather than “politically”. And I should thank you for inducing me to climb down from that high horse.
I suspect you want to replace “feel like they have given” with “give.”
Unless you are actually claiming that what is immoral is to make people fail to feel consulted, rather than to fail to consult them, which doesn’t sound like what you’re saying.
I think I will go with a simple tense change: “feel that they are giving”. Assent is far more important in the lead-up to the Singularity than during the aftermath.
Although I used the language “morally wrong”, my reason for that was mostly to make the rhetorical construction parallel. My preference for an open, inclusive process is a strong preference, but it is really more political/practical than moral/idealistic. One ought to allow the horses to approach the trough of political participation, if only to avoid being trampled, but one is not morally required to teach them how to drink.
Ah, I see. Sure, if you don’t mean morally wrong but rather politically impractical, then I withdraw my suggestion… I entirely misunderstood your point.
No, I did originally say (and mostly mean) “morally” rather than “politically”. And I should thank you for inducing me to climb down from that high horse.