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Rationalizations of morality may be more or less flawed, but the golden rule is a pretty good basis for practical ethics, regardless of its philosophical status
by mannykannot 8y ago
Rationalizations of morality may be more or less flawed, but the golden rule is a pretty good basis for practical ethics, regardless of its philosophical status.
- dalbasal 8y agoEven "do unto others" assumes you're already decided on who/what counts as "others." Are apes others? What about snails, aliens, ai?
- mannykannot 8y agoWell, it doesn't actually assume that - it raises the issue, and provides a basis for discussing it. When it comes to other animals, I personally tend to give them the benefit of the doubt, though I don't think there is much room for doubt, in the case of snails, as to whether they have inner lives (for example, I think cone snails are dangerous, but not evil.) AI is an interesting case because the discussion of AI ethics is almost always about having AI behave ethically towards us.