'Eigenism is communitarianism dumbed down for nerds': philosopher pushes back on Hendrycks
edelwax · x · 2026-09-21
Responding to Dan Hendrycks' "eigenism" framework, @xuanalogue argued it is essentially "communitarianism dumbed down for nerds," suggesting people read Confucius, MacIntyre, Sandel or the Stanford Encyclopedia before trying to reduce relational morality to math. The exchange highlights a fault line in AI alignment circles: formalizing relational ethics vs. grounding it in existing philosophical traditions.
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