Notes on Values – sam[ ]zdat
coming from here, but much more abstract. epistemic: mostly endorsed, but kind of vague and occasionally overgeneralizes I Values get used as axioms in debates, shorthand in conversation, symbols o…
coming from here , but much more abstract. epistemic: mostly endorsed, but kind of vague and occasionally overgeneralizes I Values get used as axioms in debates, shorthand in conversation, symbols of judgment. x is bad because y because that leads to idleness, x is bad because y which is basically docetism, x is the worst because y was Hitler. The problem with Godwin’ing is that it’s too blunt, but the underlying concept is genuinely desirable. It’s inefficient to restate every axiom; one wants to reduce the conversation to shared values and move on. Often we sense that somet
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