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Ivo's avatar

Re: footnote 2. I don’t think their argument is that the Nazis will win the rational debate: it’s that winning the rational debate will not prevent the Nazis from winning, like they won in Germany before WWII.

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Holly's avatar

The items in the list aren't bad but it seems more like the result of a brainstorming session than a well-thought-out ethical system. As a result, it's not only hard to predict what actions the system suggests but also what facts determine what actions are best. Some preferences not mentioned specifically will get shoehorned into the list once mentioned, and others won't, and this arbitrariness is hidden away.

For example, when is the social pressure of "everyone viciously mocks you if you do this" a restriction of freedom and when is it an expression of freedom? Does it only count as a restriction of freedom if the thing being mocked is the leaving of one's house? Where's the boundary line, and, more importantly, what computation produces that boundary line?

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