Bruno Marchal wrote: ... >> Moreover, I don't have to justify it in terms of other >> ethical principles or commandments from God: > > > With (a)comp, you have to NOT justify it in terms of God. With comp > (and God = +/- Plotinus'one) we could justify that any *action* made in > the name of God is bad, even saving the planet from some attack by > horrible monster ...
That seems to be a reductio against comp. > Witrh comp (and the "ideal" case of self-referentially correct machine) > it is just impossible for a machine to do something good and at the > same time telling she is doing something good ... (similar paradoxes > are illustrate in taoist and buddhist tales). So one cannot be reflective about one's actions and conclude they are good? That sounds like nonsense. Brent Meeker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
