Less Wrong survey results - virtue ethicists unite!
The results are in from Less Wrong’s poll by Yvain. Of note:
Of 128 of us who wanted to talk about our moral theories, 94 (73.4%) were consequentialists, about evenly split between garden-variety or Eliezer-variety (many complained they didn’t know what Eliezer’s interpretation was, or what the generic interpretation was, or that all they knew was that they were consequentialists). 15 (9%) said with more or fewer disclaimers that they were basically deontologists, and 5 (3.9%) wrote-in virtue ethics, and objected to their beliefs being left out (sorry!). 14 people (10.9%) didn’t believe in morality.
(bold added) We’re here! We care about stuff! Get used to it!
I wonder if those who answered that they “don’t believe in morality” mean the same thing by this statement that I would. Which is to say, they can’t possibly, because being an ethical nihilist is inconsistent for humans.
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