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Related to: Moral uncertainty (wiki), Moral uncertainty - towards a solution?, Ontological Crisis in Humans. Moral uncertainty (or normative uncertainty) is uncertainty about how to act given the diversity of moral doctrines. For example, suppose that we knew for certain that a new technology would enable more humans to live on another planet with slightly less well-being than on Earth[1]. An average utilitarian would consider these consequences bad, while a total utilitarian would endorse such technology. If we are uncertain about which of these two theories are right, what should we do? (LW wiki) I have long been slightly frustrated by the existing discussions about moral uncertainty that I've seen. I suspect that the reason has been that they've been unclear on what exactly they mean when they say that we are "uncertain about which theory is right" - what is uncertainty about moral theories? Furthermore, especially when discussing things in an FAI context, it feels like several diff

x Three kinds of moral uncertainty — LessWrong Ethics & Morality Moral uncertainty Scrupulosity Frontpage 57 Three kinds of moral uncertainty by Kaj_Sotala 30th Dec 2012 3 min read 15 57 Related to: Moral uncertainty (wiki) , Moral uncertainty - towards a solution? , Ontological Crisis in Humans . Moral uncertainty (or normative uncertainty ) is uncertainty about how to act given the diversity of moral doctrines. For example, suppose that we knew for certain that a new technology would enable more humans to live on another planet with slightly less well-being than on Earth [1] . An average uti

Three kinds of moral uncertainty — LessWrong

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