Still, I’m afraid he hasn’t considered all the consequences: when the toddlers burn up in the orphanage, the economic damage (in this case, the loss of the toddler’s future contribution to society), may end up lowering HA’s persistence odds. Certainly we have no reason to believe that it will increase them. So HA should really care about rescuing the toddlers.
Unknown, do you really think you maximize your persistence odds by running into a burning orphanage? Just because you think action X is the morally right thing to do does not mean that you are obligated to rationalize it as the selfishly-correct thing to do too.
Unknown said:
Still, I’m afraid he hasn’t considered all the consequences: when the toddlers burn up in the orphanage, the economic damage (in this case, the loss of the toddler’s future contribution to society), may end up lowering HA’s persistence odds. Certainly we have no reason to believe that it will increase them. So HA should really care about rescuing the toddlers.
Unknown, do you really think you maximize your persistence odds by running into a burning orphanage? Just because you think action X is the morally right thing to do does not mean that you are obligated to rationalize it as the selfishly-correct thing to do too.