Base Camp for Mount Ethics (2022)

Update: 2022-08-25

Description

By Nick Bostrom.

Draft version 0.9

Abstract:
New theoretical ideas for a big expedition in metaethics.

Read the full paper:
https://nickbostrom.com/papers/mountethics.pdf

More episodes at:
https://radiobostrom.com/

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Outline:

(00:17 ) Metametaethics/preamble

(02:48 ) Genealogy

(09:41 ) Metaethics

(21:30 ) Value representors

(26:56 ) Moral motivation

(30:02 ) The weak

(33:25 ) Hedonism

(41:38 ) Hierarchical norm structure and higher morality

(55:30 ) Questions for future research

Comments

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3. Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority (2012)

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1. Introduction to the Series

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