The sidebar of /r/utilitarianism mentions CEV as a kind of utilitarianism.
Oscar_Cunningham is more or less incorrect in his guesses about me. I didn’t allege that many LWers believe in CEV, I don’t believe CEV is the correct form of ethics, and I didn’t say anything about whether or not utilitarianism is a common topic on LW.
I don’t even know if CEV is a kind of utilitarianism or not—that’s why I asked.
CEV is more of an algorithm that is supposed to produce the correct ethics. I guess some people here would argue that the product will necessarily be a consequentialist form of ethics.
I don’t think there’s much use in distinguishing CEV from its results, as far as the “popular” usage of the term goes. Certainly the sidebar isn’t using it in this sense.
I have yet to see an argument that CEV (or whatever CEV produces if you like) will be consequentialist; indeed, sometimes I have seen people argue that CEV will value certain abstract things almost as if they were virtues, e.g., fun.
The sidebar of /r/utilitarianism mentions CEV as a kind of utilitarianism.
Oscar_Cunningham is more or less incorrect in his guesses about me. I didn’t allege that many LWers believe in CEV, I don’t believe CEV is the correct form of ethics, and I didn’t say anything about whether or not utilitarianism is a common topic on LW.
I don’t even know if CEV is a kind of utilitarianism or not—that’s why I asked.
CEV is more of an algorithm that is supposed to produce the correct ethics. I guess some people here would argue that the product will necessarily be a consequentialist form of ethics.
I don’t think there’s much use in distinguishing CEV from its results, as far as the “popular” usage of the term goes. Certainly the sidebar isn’t using it in this sense.
I have yet to see an argument that CEV (or whatever CEV produces if you like) will be consequentialist; indeed, sometimes I have seen people argue that CEV will value certain abstract things almost as if they were virtues, e.g., fun.
Oh, okay.