I’m not sure I’m understanding properly. You talk as if my action would drastically affect society’s views of friendship. I doubt this is true for any action I could take.
Well, all my point really requires that is that it moves society in that direction. The fraction of “total elimination of friendship” that my decision causes must be weighed against the supposed net social gain (other people’s gain minus that of my friends), and it’s not at all obvious when one is greater than the other.
Plus, Eliezer_Yudkowsky’s Timeless Decision Theory assumes that your decisions do have implications for everyone else’s decisions!
I’m not sure I’m understanding properly. You talk as if my action would drastically affect society’s views of friendship. I doubt this is true for any action I could take.
Well, all my point really requires that is that it moves society in that direction. The fraction of “total elimination of friendship” that my decision causes must be weighed against the supposed net social gain (other people’s gain minus that of my friends), and it’s not at all obvious when one is greater than the other.
Plus, Eliezer_Yudkowsky’s Timeless Decision Theory assumes that your decisions do have implications for everyone else’s decisions!