Morals are Simple Game Theory

[chezlaw]

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"There is no such thing as "right". Morals are made up by people."

Then what distinguishes a good act from an evil one?

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A good act for me is one I believe to be right. That's not as tautalogical as it sounds, I find a wallet full of cash, know who it belongs to and could keep the cash without any risk. I may give it back just because I believe its the right thing to do and get a bit of moral pleasure - thats a good act.

A bad act would be keeping the wallet because of greed when it gives me some moral displeasure i.e. I believe its wrong.

This is independent of how the moral feelings came about.


chez