The general pattern of avoiding potentially hedonically harmful knowledge is indeed widespread. This includes your example of “this particular action I want to take could be immoral if I could evaluate its consequences”. Other examples are the general flinching from things like checking your weight or sugar or going to see a doctor, or paying bills or...
Which is a general problem of learning by reinforcement. Punishing X not only reduces X but also everything related to X, including “thinking about the possibility of X”.
The general pattern of avoiding potentially hedonically harmful knowledge is indeed widespread. This includes your example of “this particular action I want to take could be immoral if I could evaluate its consequences”. Other examples are the general flinching from things like checking your weight or sugar or going to see a doctor, or paying bills or...
Which is a general problem of learning by reinforcement. Punishing X not only reduces X but also everything related to X, including “thinking about the possibility of X”.