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Thomas Metzinger: Neuroethics, Psychedelics, and Conscious AI
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Ethical decision-making, exploring states of experiences, and normative statements
The short answer is yes, if you are a consequentialist. Abstracting away from ethical decisions and physical actions, exploring different experiences is a logical and consistent way to think. While there may be no moral facts in reality, there are shared moral intuitions, such as prioritizing reducing suffering. To reduce the suffering of others, one must understand their own suffering through self-knowledge. This self-knowledge can be gained through scientific and philosophical exploration, as well as introspection and meditation.
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