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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I think he is stretching the theory too
far. That our ability to introspect doesn't cover 100% of our
minds, nor is 100% perfect doesn't mean there are no detectable
thoughts or beliefs. These exceptions do not have to be minor
"limited exceptions". Similarly, that we might use a mindreading
system inwards does not mean it is limited by sensory input:
contents of working memory clearly seem accessible to it. <br>
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The "new" view that the mind is fairly opaque, embodied, and has a
lot of biases *is* a challenge to a lot of moral philosophy. My
colleagues are happily scanning brains and arguing how integrated
mental subsystems have to be before we can properly say that a
person is responsible (or that there is a person there, as in
minimally conscious states). The old view of perfect rationality
and perfect introspection is pretty clearly not a good model for
how people actually act and think morally.<br>
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The next question is how to enhance it. Just because a moral
system might not be implementable in a current human brain might
not mean it is not morally better than the implementable ones, and
if we could update ourselves to be able to follow it we should. <br>
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On 2016-05-27 21:37, William Flynn Wallace wrote:<br>
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Text',times,georgia,serif;line-height:30.8px">If our
thoughts and decisions are all unconscious, as the ISA
theory implies, then moral philosophers have a lot of work
to do. For we tend to think that people can’t be held
responsible for their unconscious attitudes. Accepting the
ISA theory might not mean giving up on responsibility, but
it will mean radically rethinking it.</p>
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Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University
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