Yes, that's what he means. I wonder what a "scientific" approach to ethics could be like.

Funny set of questions, some so vague as to be hard to answer, some flawed by the misuse of the word "orthogonal" to mean either "independent" or "contrasting", according to the phase of the moon. I think I can address about half of them with confidence, the other half with a "Uh? Whatever he wants to hear from me?"