Cole Kaplan
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I love the idea of new vocabulary to express a moral system beyond right and wrong. There are many places where this language has already been created, and I'm only drawing from English. In other languages there are sure to be concepts that provide further clarity to personal expression of morals.
The most obvious example is Utilitarianism, where morally "right" actions are those which lead to the greatest utility. This allows a framework of objective analysis from the perspective of the utility of society. This is already easy to apply to our existing laws and establishes a center of truth for the wavering.
Game theory in the sense of Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene" provides... (read more)
I think the core of this is confidence levels in your own model. Especially for weak models where you have limited information, but even for models that you have a high confidence in. There is usually going to be at least one other person where (your confidence in that person * their confidence in their model > your confidence in your model). In which case, gun to your head, your best bet is to accept their model.
In your case, your confidence in Ben Taylor's basketball expertise * the perceived confidence that Ben Taylor has in his model > your confidence in your own model.