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In my experience, there is no one definition of moral. Your own anecdote is a great example of this. Personally, I find it disgusting because it only applies to a "person", which as far as I understand, means a human.

Edit: wow, the human superiority crowd doesn't like my comment




I have no idea what you're alluding to. What non-human non-person entities would you expect to find in a classroom?


I challenged the stated definition of morals. Didn't say anything about classrooms


It's not a useful challenge. Sure, morals are relative to particular brain architecture and causal history of a particular kind of monkeys on a particular ball of dirt spinning in space. But those particular monkeys are also the entire scope of concern. Your objection will become relevant once we build human-level AIs or meet and start mixing with some space aliens.


I said that with living things in mind, not AI.

Nobody understands me:(


...and would have a moral responsibility...


The government!




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