Making sure I was understood correctly: after the clone is killed (which happens in both scenarios), the only identifiable “you” is the survivor. Therefore any considerations of lasting trauma should apply to the survivor, or not all. So to minimize trauma (without minimizing the amount of torture), we should ensure that the survivor—who is known even before the clone is killed—is the one who is not tortured.
I was under the impression that the clone survived in the second scenario—that that was the difference between the two scenarios. This might explain some confusion about my answers, if this was a confusion.
Making sure I was understood correctly: after the clone is killed (which happens in both scenarios), the only identifiable “you” is the survivor. Therefore any considerations of lasting trauma should apply to the survivor, or not all. So to minimize trauma (without minimizing the amount of torture), we should ensure that the survivor—who is known even before the clone is killed—is the one who is not tortured.
I was under the impression that the clone survived in the second scenario—that that was the difference between the two scenarios. This might explain some confusion about my answers, if this was a confusion.
No, the scenarios I originally proposed were:
A clone is made.
2a. If you choose, you’re tortured for an hour.
2b. Or if you so choose, the clone is tortured for ten hours.
3, Ten hours from now, the clone is destroyed in any case.