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No Universally Compelling Arguments

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What is so terrifying about the idea that not every possible mind might agree with us, even in principle?

No Universally Compelling Arguments Source Markdown · Talk Home About Search Contents No Universally Compelling Arguments ❦ What is so terrifying about the idea that not every possible mind might agree with us, even in principle? For some folks, nothing—it doesn’t bother them in the slightest. And for some of those folks, the reason it doesn’t bother them is that they don’t have strong intuitions about standards and truths that go beyond personal whims. If they say the sky is blue, or that murder is wrong, that’s just their personal opinion; and that someone else might have a different opinion

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