You wouldn’t call a decision that results in an unnecessary loss of life a mistake, but rather a suboptimal decision?
I might decide to take a general, consistent strategy due to my own limitations. In this example, the limitation is that if I feel justified in engaging in this sort of behavior on occasion, I will feel justified employing it on other occasions with insufficient justifications.
If I employed a different general strategy with a similar level of simplicity, it would be less optimal.
Other strategies exist that are closer to optimal, but my limitations preclude me from employing them.
I think there’s potential for severe error in the logic present in the text of the post
Of course there is. If you can show a specific error, that would be great.
I might decide to take a general, consistent strategy due to my own limitations. In this example, the limitation is that if I feel justified in engaging in this sort of behavior on occasion, I will feel justified employing it on other occasions with insufficient justifications.
If I employed a different general strategy with a similar level of simplicity, it would be less optimal.
Other strategies exist that are closer to optimal, but my limitations preclude me from employing them.
Of course there is. If you can show a specific error, that would be great.