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Sounds like you are assuming that "moral" is an exact concept. Practically speaking, there seems to be lots of cases where opinions on what is moral differ: Abo

Sounds like you are assuming that "moral" is an exact concept. Practically speaking, there seems to be lots of cases where opinions on what is moral differ: Abortion, porn, finance... What would worry me with a machine that could tweak everyone to the same 'standard' moral is who gets to decide what that standard is: Having my moral controlled by the porn industry, Goldman Sachs or the religious right all seems equally bad. I like my moral just the way it is, thank you :)

SlyShy 17y ago
No, actually, that's part of what makes this question interesting to me. The situation I envision is a machine that can be programmed to produce some set of "morality" as it were. Who gets to decide what the moral system is, and who it is applied to? Certainly we wouldn't want a corporation or an unelected body to do it. But we also think the machine would be useful in reducing senseless tragedy like murder.