Nice catch :) To be clear: That’s not the point of the exercise. Do you think I should edit to humans to keep it simple, guys?
EDIT: Done. The rule now reads ‘every human on Earth’
The point of the veil is simply to defeat intrinsic selfishness and promote broad inclusion in decision making. You could extend to all persons as you said, but then again you must first define a person.
Your answer highly depends on what the rule says you could be swapped with (and what it even means to be swapped with something of different intelligence, personality, or circumstances—are you still you?) Saying “every human on Earth” isn’t getting rid of a nitpick; it’s forcing an answer.
Part c) of your thought experiment makes this trivial: a “person” is anyone you could be swapped with.
Nice catch :) To be clear: That’s not the point of the exercise. Do you think I should edit to humans to keep it simple, guys?
EDIT: Done. The rule now reads ‘every human on Earth’
The point of the veil is simply to defeat intrinsic selfishness and promote broad inclusion in decision making. You could extend to all persons as you said, but then again you must first define a person.
Your answer highly depends on what the rule says you could be swapped with (and what it even means to be swapped with something of different intelligence, personality, or circumstances—are you still you?) Saying “every human on Earth” isn’t getting rid of a nitpick; it’s forcing an answer.