Cluster thinking could provide value. Not quite the same as moral uncertainty, in that cluster thinking has broader applicability, but the same type of “weighted” judgement. I disagree with moral uncertainty as a personal philosophy,given the role I suspect that self-servingness plays in personal moral judgements. However, cluster thinking applied in limited decision-making contexts appeals to me.
A neglected areas of exploration in EA is selfishness, and self-servingness along with that. Both influence worldview, sometimes on the fly, and are not necessarily vulnerable to introspection. I suppose a controversy that could start early is whether all altruistic behavior has intended selfish benefits in addition to altruistic benefits. Solving the riddle of self-servingness would be a win-win-win-win-win-win .
bad argumentation (analogical, inductive, deductive).
but without prior knowledge useful to identify those signs, I have not gotten any further than detecting self-servingness with simple heuristics (for example, as present when defending one’s vices).
Cluster thinking could provide value. Not quite the same as moral uncertainty, in that cluster thinking has broader applicability, but the same type of “weighted” judgement. I disagree with moral uncertainty as a personal philosophy,given the role I suspect that self-servingness plays in personal moral judgements. However, cluster thinking applied in limited decision-making contexts appeals to me.
A neglected areas of exploration in EA is selfishness, and self-servingness along with that. Both influence worldview, sometimes on the fly, and are not necessarily vulnerable to introspection. I suppose a controversy that could start early is whether all altruistic behavior has intended selfish benefits in addition to altruistic benefits. Solving the riddle of self-servingness would be a win-win-win-win-win-win .
Self-servingness has signs that include :
soldier mindset
missing (or misrepresented) premises
bad argumentation (analogical, inductive, deductive).
but without prior knowledge useful to identify those signs, I have not gotten any further than detecting self-servingness with simple heuristics (for example, as present when defending one’s vices).