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Making decisions under moral uncertainty — LessWrong

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While working on an (upcoming) post about a new way to think about moral uncertainty, I unexpectedly discovered that, as best I could tell: There was no single post on LessWrong or the EA Forum that very explicitly (e.g., with concrete examples) overviewed what seem to be the most prominent approaches to making decisions under moral uncertainty (more specifically, those covered in Will MacAskill’s 2014 thesis).[1][2] There was no (easily findable and explicit) write-up of how to handle simultaneous moral and empirical uncertainty. (What I'll propose is arguably quite obvious, but still seems worth writing up explicitly.) There was no (easily findable and sufficiently thorough) write-up of applying sensitivity analysis and value of information analysis to situations of moral uncertainty. I therefore decided to write a series of three posts, each of which addressed one of those apparent “gaps”. My primary aim is to synthesise and make accessible various ideas that are currently mostly bu

x Making decisions under moral uncertainty — LessWrong Moral uncertainty Ethics & Morality Moral uncertainty Decision theory Value Learning Frontpage 21 Making decisions under moral uncertainty by MichaelA 30th Dec 2019 20 min read 26 21 Cross-posted to the EA Forum . Updated substantially since initial publication. Overview/purpose of this sequence While working on an (upcoming) post about a new way to think about moral uncertainty, I unexpectedly discovered that, as best I could tell: There was no single post on LessWrong or the EA Forum that very explicitly (e.g., with concrete examples) ov

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