Beware of motivated stopping. If someone wants to do A, because B will happen, that is only the beginning. There are several directions it’s worth exploring further, with one person exploring and another prompting them with questions such as these:
Will B actually happen (or be more likely to), given A?
What makes B a desired consequence? Some further consequence that it leads to? Some larger purpose for which B is a means? Or is B terminally desirable?
At some point one has to stop, but the very first consequences one thinks of may not be that point.
Beware of motivated stopping. If someone wants to do A, because B will happen, that is only the beginning. There are several directions it’s worth exploring further, with one person exploring and another prompting them with questions such as these:
Will B actually happen (or be more likely to), given A?
What makes B a desired consequence? Some further consequence that it leads to? Some larger purpose for which B is a means? Or is B terminally desirable?
At some point one has to stop, but the very first consequences one thinks of may not be that point.