Actually, I have thought about this a bit more and concluded Bomb and Parfit’s hitchhiker are indeedanalogous in a very important sense: both problems give you the option to “pay” (be it in dollars or with torture and death), even though not paying doesn’t causally affect whether or not you die.
In the Bomb scenario, on the other hand, you’re asked to give up your life (very painfully), and in exchange you get (and have gotten) absolutely nothing whatsoever.
Like Partfit’s hitchhiker, where you are asked to pay $1000 even though you are already rescued.
Actually, I have thought about this a bit more and concluded Bomb and Parfit’s hitchhiker are indeed analogous in a very important sense: both problems give you the option to “pay” (be it in dollars or with torture and death), even though not paying doesn’t causally affect whether or not you die.
Like Partfit’s hitchhiker, where you are asked to pay $1000 even though you are already rescued.