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The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas - https://www.utilitarianism.com/nu/omelas.pdf https://www.utilitarianism.com/nu/omelas.pdf

specialist 7y ago
Terrific. Thank you. I wish I had studied philosophy. I recently learned (from HN) about the Copenhagen Effect. It helped me to think about why attempts to help, then they are not entirely successful, often get criticized harshly. I am looking for a layperson's guide to ethical theories. I first imagined a 20 questions style game. Given hypothetical ethic conundrums, the student answers questions, leading to a strategy. Like with interactive fiction, the student can explore different choices. This corpus could be built organically, over time (1). This short story you shared suggests another idea. Something like China Miéville meets Gulliver's Travels. Where Gulliver encounters various societies faced with the same ethical dilemma and how they responded. It's probably silly to think so vast as belief systems can be so easily summarized. But maybe it could be useful start. (1) Much like the Apple ][ educational game called Animals, which tried to guess the animal you're thinking of, and add new ones. Gah, I can't find a link.
- goto11 7y ago
  What is the Copenhagen Effect?
  - specialist 7y ago
    Oops. Correct phrase is "Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics". Thank you for the nudge. https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethics/ https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-eth... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=Copenhagen%20Interpretation%20of%20ethics&sort=byPopularity&type=all https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- Jun8 7y ago
  Applied Ethics is a great book, though a bit pricey: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198750676 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198750676 Ethics In The Real World is good, too: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30272030-ethics-in-the-real-world https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30272030-ethics-in-the-r...

specialist 7y ago

Terrific. Thank you. I wish I had studied philosophy. I recently learned (from HN) about the Copenhagen Effect. It helped me to think about why attempts to help, then they are not entirely successful, often get criticized harshly. I am looking for a layperson's guide to ethical theories. I first imagined a 20 questions style game. Given hypothetical ethic conundrums, the student answers questions, leading to a strategy. Like with interactive fiction, the student can explore different choices. This corpus could be built organically, over time (1). This short story you shared suggests another idea. Something like China Miéville meets Gulliver's Travels. Where Gulliver encounters various societies faced with the same ethical dilemma and how they responded. It's probably silly to think so vast as belief systems can be so easily summarized. But maybe it could be useful start. (1) Much like the Apple ][ educational game called Animals, which tried to guess the animal you're thinking of, and add new ones. Gah, I can't find a link.

goto11 7y ago
What is the Copenhagen Effect?
- specialist 7y ago
  Oops. Correct phrase is "Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics". Thank you for the nudge. https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethics/ https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-eth... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=Copenhagen%20Interpretation%20of%20ethics&sort=byPopularity&type=all https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Jun8 7y ago
Applied Ethics is a great book, though a bit pricey: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198750676 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198750676 Ethics In The Real World is good, too: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30272030-ethics-in-the-real-world https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30272030-ethics-in-the-r...