Actually, h has increased on average; it’s just that h has decreased for the immediately available examples. i.e. I care much less about Amanda Fox or a single salient example, but more about general, systematic effects that might cause great harm to people that I don’t hear about.
Also, do you really care less about (i.e. assign less utility to the welfare of) someone like Amanda than previously, or is it just that you try to avoid strong emotional reactions to such individual cases?
Let’s look at it this way: if I had cash to hand, and was given the option: pay X to solve this particular salient injustice, then I’d be less inclined to do it than before.
On the other hand, if I was given the option: pay X to solve this particular class of injustices, then I’d be more inclined to do it than before.
Actually, h has increased on average; it’s just that h has decreased for the immediately available examples. i.e. I care much less about Amanda Fox or a single salient example, but more about general, systematic effects that might cause great harm to people that I don’t hear about.
I assume you mean Amanda Knox.
Also, do you really care less about (i.e. assign less utility to the welfare of) someone like Amanda than previously, or is it just that you try to avoid strong emotional reactions to such individual cases?
Let’s look at it this way: if I had cash to hand, and was given the option: pay X to solve this particular salient injustice, then I’d be less inclined to do it than before.
On the other hand, if I was given the option: pay X to solve this particular class of injustices, then I’d be more inclined to do it than before.
Emotional involvement follows a similar trend.