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...and? I disagree with the politics here, but they're also completely irrelevant to anything I previously said. An argument for contractarianism is not an argument that people ought to practice enlightened self-interest or that they ought to follow any one particular set of behavioral norms or...

I want thing. I am mostly likely to get thing by doing X. Therefore I ought to do X. It's... pretty damn straightforward? By definition, people want to achieve their preferences. By definition, instrumental rationality means "acting in such a way that optimally allows you to achieve your...

Shockingly, in the event that civilization collapses most people are quite likely to die, yes. That includes me, and it probably includes you as well, unless you're very confident in your chances of living a long and happy life without access to modern medical equipment, transportation...

Internet's forever dude, people can see everything. If you've actually published a novel somewhere I'll freely admit to being wrong. Yeah, and rural areas still frequently rely on pastorialists selling wool and the like too. How did that usually end up for the nomads? Cities might well be...

They... bargain over the distribution of goods in such a way that best satisfies their respective contradicting preferences, while following the basic moral rules underlying cooperation listed above? You don't need to live in a homogenous society to have an interest in not being murdered, or in...

Did... did you not read the post? It's literally right there--they cooperate on the basis of strategic, rational self-interest, and the community is held together because of everyone's mutual interest in maintaining the cooperation from which they all benefit. I mean... yeah, no it doesn't...

My dude, the argument you're presenting here is such an incredible oversimplification of the modern debate about ethics that I honestly don't know what to tell you besides "read the fucking literature". There are more positions out there than fundamentalism, hedonistic utilitarianism, and...

Gonna just quote myself here: