Commenters Poke Fun at Hendrycks' 'Eigenism' as Self-Over-All Ethics Dodge
nabla_theta · x · 2026-09-20
Responding to Hendrycks' philosophical concept "eigenism" (eigen = self), @nablatheta quips that the name fits perfectly: it avoids moral demandingness by valuing yourself more than everything else in the world combined. A brief but pointed debate sparked by an AI figure's philosophical framing.
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