I’m having some difficulty parsing what should count as “not guessing” in various iRL situations. There’s a certain degree to which I do not find that, or null actions in general, a natural category.
I do kinda get the concept in some situations. Like if you don’t know anything about the facts of some particular political controversy, then it’s probably for the best not to declare your support for either side before you’ve given the matter more thought. But it’s still a guess. You’re guessing that not declaring support for either side will mean that you’re more likely to not end up making statements you’ll regret later.
I wonder if this difference has something to do with looking at “actions” at differing levels. Like Alicorn looking more at the action itself, and me looking more at the thought process generating that action, or something along those lines. (It seems intuitively that whatever it is, it’s either the same thing or caused by the same thing that’s making her more of a deontologist and me more of a consequentialist, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.)
I’m having some difficulty parsing what should count as “not guessing” in various iRL situations. There’s a certain degree to which I do not find that, or null actions in general, a natural category.
I do kinda get the concept in some situations. Like if you don’t know anything about the facts of some particular political controversy, then it’s probably for the best not to declare your support for either side before you’ve given the matter more thought. But it’s still a guess. You’re guessing that not declaring support for either side will mean that you’re more likely to not end up making statements you’ll regret later.
I wonder if this difference has something to do with looking at “actions” at differing levels. Like Alicorn looking more at the action itself, and me looking more at the thought process generating that action, or something along those lines. (It seems intuitively that whatever it is, it’s either the same thing or caused by the same thing that’s making her more of a deontologist and me more of a consequentialist, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.)