on there being trade-offs between our specified wants and our unspecified wants
Yes, certainly. That’s a problem of optimisation with finite resources. If A is a specified want and B is an unspecified want, then we shouldn’t confuse “there are worlds with high A and also high B” with “the world with the highest A will also have high B”.
Yes, certainly. That’s a problem of optimisation with finite resources. If A is a specified want and B is an unspecified want, then we shouldn’t confuse “there are worlds with high A and also high B” with “the world with the highest A will also have high B”.