Accepting the essay’s frame for the sake of discussion, this seems like it increases costs on the unreflective, because they now have a choice and thus a cost, like the moralist. This is fairness by leveling down. Can we do better, under this frame.
An alternative is to have the moralist wear a shock collar that fires when they don’t clean the kitchen, until they clean it. With this accessory they no longer have a choice about cleaning the kitchen. Therefore, like the unreflective, they have no “perceived cost”. This is fairness by leveling up. Further it can be done unilaterally by the moralist, especially any moralist who agrees with this frame. And it ends up with a cleaner kitchen.
(I think the essay’s frame is bad, but wanted to do the thought experiment)
Accepting the essay’s frame for the sake of discussion, this seems like it increases costs on the unreflective, because they now have a choice and thus a cost, like the moralist. This is fairness by leveling down. Can we do better, under this frame.
An alternative is to have the moralist wear a shock collar that fires when they don’t clean the kitchen, until they clean it. With this accessory they no longer have a choice about cleaning the kitchen. Therefore, like the unreflective, they have no “perceived cost”. This is fairness by leveling up. Further it can be done unilaterally by the moralist, especially any moralist who agrees with this frame. And it ends up with a cleaner kitchen.
(I think the essay’s frame is bad, but wanted to do the thought experiment)