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Originally Posted by listopencil
That still leaves too much leeway. For instance:
"Should you refrain from causing unnecessary harm, both physical and psychological, to other living beings?"
Normal good guy answer: Yes, that's bad and you shouldn't do it.
Normal bad guy answer: No, I hurt people even if it's unnecessary because it's expedient.
Psychotic answer: Yes, I should refrain from doing things, but I don't because I'm not concerned with what I should or shouldn't do.
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Yeah, it seems like our questions need to concentrate on whether they behave in the manner we want rather than do they know right from wrong.
Since they have to answer truthfully, we could also ask attitude questions or future behavior questions, e.g., "would you rape a child if the opportunity arose". We'd just have to word any attitude questions very carefully, because if people answer truthfully you might catch a bunch of people who occasionally have evil thoughts but would never act on them.
Of course, maybe a person's definition is that having a single evil thought in an area qualifies a person for removal, and that's allowable under the rules.