Bodvar Skutvik (skutvik@online.no)
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 17:13:31 +0100
Mon, 23 Mar 1998 18:46:35 +0000
Horse <horse@wasted.demon.nl>
wrote:
>.............. If an ethical system is neutral then
> none of the above is possible and so there is neither right nor wrong
> nor anything in between. Neutral morality implies no morality.
Hi Horse!
My slow mind has not worked itself to welcome you on board before you
are in the midst of the battle. I have been labouring on a response
to Struan Hellier, but after having read your piece I let it drop
into the wastebasket. Magnus, Hugo's and Andy's responses were good,
but this is just splendid. Everything shows a deep understanding of
what the Quality idea is about, but particularly the point about
"neutral morals" (I can't see that Struan answered it) reveals the
crux of the matter. But I shall not argue by proxy, there will be
time enough to meet Struan personally.
In your introduction you hinted to a MOQ angle to Artificial Life.
(is that AI by the way?) Back then we had a plunge into this field.
I am not sure what conclusion we reached and cannot summarize the
argumentation, but I have a hunch that the number-crunching "Deep
Blue" isn't the road ahead. I recently read that that kind of
approach is impotent when playing the game GO. And yet, the human
brain IS a kind of computer, so unless we introduce "mind" as
something transcending "matter", there is a connection between the
grey matter and intelligence. Give us an input.
Bo
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