But if you give them Iphones, they can always just decide they don’t want to use them.
So there’s a few thoughts which push in the opposite direction:
Something something free will is subjective. Like, you might describe something as “you offered them a choice between A and B and they chose A” but they might describe it as “you forced them into state A”. This is a bit weird example but: if I stabbed you, I might describe this as me offering you an option to bleed on the floor.
There are (at least) two strategies to resolve the problem in (1). One strategy is kinda deontological: we introduce the concept of boundaries or «Boundaries». But this is a bit messy so IDK if it appears in our mature ethics. And if it does, it might have the entire island in a boundary.
The other strategy is kinda utilitarian: we say that you are harming someone when you do something to them that they wouldn’t ideally want. And that includes offering them a free choice between A and B. And then the meat of the question is what “ideally” means.
WRT 1, I think “you can continue on as you have, nothing is stopping you” is as good a demarcation point as any. If I stab a jogger, they can’t go on with their day as if I hadn’t done so—they must either seek medical attention or run out of blood.
So there’s a few thoughts which push in the opposite direction:
Something something free will is subjective. Like, you might describe something as “you offered them a choice between A and B and they chose A” but they might describe it as “you forced them into state A”. This is a bit weird example but: if I stabbed you, I might describe this as me offering you an option to bleed on the floor.
There are (at least) two strategies to resolve the problem in (1). One strategy is kinda deontological: we introduce the concept of boundaries or «Boundaries». But this is a bit messy so IDK if it appears in our mature ethics. And if it does, it might have the entire island in a boundary.
The other strategy is kinda utilitarian: we say that you are harming someone when you do something to them that they wouldn’t ideally want. And that includes offering them a free choice between A and B. And then the meat of the question is what “ideally” means.
IDK. I think I’m just confused about all of this.
WRT 1, I think “you can continue on as you have, nothing is stopping you” is as good a demarcation point as any. If I stab a jogger, they can’t go on with their day as if I hadn’t done so—they must either seek medical attention or run out of blood.