I voted for correctly reporting your epistemic state. I claim that this is the actual virtue Petrov displayed, and that his primary virtue being “don’t take actions which destroy the world” because he decided to buck the chain of command is a mistaken belief. From the Wikipedia article:
Petrov later indicated that the influences on his decision included that he had been told a US strike would be all-out, so five missiles seemed an illogical start;[3] that the launch detection system was new and, in his view, not yet wholly trustworthy; that the message passed through 30 layers of verification too quickly;[15] and that ground radar failed to pick up corroborating evidence, even after minutes of delay.[16] However, in a 2013 interview, Petrov said at the time he was never sure that the alarm was erroneous. He felt that his civilian training helped him make the right decision. He said that his colleagues were all professional soldiers with purely military training and, following instructions, would have reported a missile launch if they had been on his shift.[4]
More specifically I claim two things:
Stanislav Petrov actually believed that it was a false alarm.
Had he not believed it was a false alarm, he would have reported an attack.
Yes, and the virtue that is most important is the one that allowed Petrov to not doom the world. By contrast, the two most popular choices were about refusing to doom the world, and resisting social pressure, neither of which were features of the event.
If there was a poll in connection to Arkhipov, my answer might change.
I voted for correctly reporting your epistemic state. I claim that this is the actual virtue Petrov displayed, and that his primary virtue being “don’t take actions which destroy the world” because he decided to buck the chain of command is a mistaken belief. From the Wikipedia article:
More specifically I claim two things:
Stanislav Petrov actually believed that it was a false alarm.
Had he not believed it was a false alarm, he would have reported an attack.
The poll did not ask what virtue Petrov most displayed. It asked what virtue you think is most important.
Yes, and the virtue that is most important is the one that allowed Petrov to not doom the world. By contrast, the two most popular choices were about refusing to doom the world, and resisting social pressure, neither of which were features of the event.
If there was a poll in connection to Arkhipov, my answer might change.