tend to view my morality as entirely equivalent to my personal preferences in e.g. food or music
I think the biggest difference is whether you consider any given preference worth trying to impose on other people. If you saw me eating peas you presumably wouldn't have any particular interest in persuading me not to, but if you saw me attempting to kill an innocent person I would expect that you'd at least want to stop me (regardless of whether or not your risk assessment actually impelled you to try it).
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Date: 2006-02-22 07:21 pm (UTC)I think the biggest difference is whether you consider any given preference worth trying to impose on other people. If you saw me eating peas you presumably wouldn't have any particular interest in persuading me not to, but if you saw me attempting to kill an innocent person I would expect that you'd at least want to stop me (regardless of whether or not your risk assessment actually impelled you to try it).