I. Common-Sense vs. Intuition vs. Peer-Cultivation Holden Karnofsky, a co-founder of GiveWell and co-CEO of Open Philanthropy, recently wrote an article on his blog Cold Takes entitled “Future-proof ethics,” which kicks off a series of blog posts on ethical theories that are “ahead of the curve.” The article begins with a quote from philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah from an article entitled “
> "..he sees common-sense as what is peer-cultivated..."
Oh, boy! I like this type of poking at categories! Conflation of common-sense with peer-cultivated ethics would be bad. Often common-sense is from generations before, not ones peers. (probably from other sources of wisdom--such as firsthand experience--as well.)
But I'm going to question the YouTube vegan example... I'm going to note that, to the extent that there is a series of videos on youtube, there is evidence of a community. (who might be viewed as peers) But even if that vegan isn't reading the comments... often people creating the video explicitly talk to their community at the beginning or end. But even if the videos lack that property, the manner in which it was created "leaks evidence" that there is a receptive community engaging with it. (I know this sounds a bit TLP "hypothetical audience" and stuff.) Brought up that objection just because it is very interesting to me* ...not b/c I think you are wrong that "intuitive" ethics being different from both "peer-cultivated" ethics and "common-sense" ethics!
* I like to ask "Am I within a set of multiple overlapping peer groups--which may pull me in different ways?"
> "..he sees common-sense as what is peer-cultivated..."
Oh, boy! I like this type of poking at categories! Conflation of common-sense with peer-cultivated ethics would be bad. Often common-sense is from generations before, not ones peers. (probably from other sources of wisdom--such as firsthand experience--as well.)
But I'm going to question the YouTube vegan example... I'm going to note that, to the extent that there is a series of videos on youtube, there is evidence of a community. (who might be viewed as peers) But even if that vegan isn't reading the comments... often people creating the video explicitly talk to their community at the beginning or end. But even if the videos lack that property, the manner in which it was created "leaks evidence" that there is a receptive community engaging with it. (I know this sounds a bit TLP "hypothetical audience" and stuff.) Brought up that objection just because it is very interesting to me* ...not b/c I think you are wrong that "intuitive" ethics being different from both "peer-cultivated" ethics and "common-sense" ethics!
* I like to ask "Am I within a set of multiple overlapping peer groups--which may pull me in different ways?"