escalation t1_j4akhxz wrote on January 14, 2023 at 9:10 AM

Reply to comment by eldedomedio in Don't add "moral bloatware" to GPT-4. by SpinRed

Laws vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and frequently conflict. Much of the law is less about morality than protecting established interests. A huge amount of law is rushed legislation based on knee-jerk opportunism.

Teach it fundamental ethical principles instead

eldedomedio t1_j4bagrr wrote on January 14, 2023 at 2:12 PM

One of the fundamental principles is to follow the law and regulations. Laws and regulations provide justice, treating all people equally and equitably.

These principles flow from morality. Autonomy, beneficence, non-malficence, justice.

escalation t1_j4ezb9z wrote on January 15, 2023 at 5:57 AM

That's a legal principle, not necessarily an ethical or moral principle.

You don't have to look very deep into history to find numerous example of unethical laws. Nor do you have to look much deeper to find laws that are immoral by any rational standpoint.

Obviously there's a lack of concurrence which is obvious both by the number of legal disputes over these matters as well as the wildly varying laws from country to country, some of which remain quite barbaric.

There may or may not be correlation between law and ethics, but I sure as hell wouldn't call them fundamental principles of ethics.