Given that it’s impossible for the someone to know your total mind without being it, the only safe genie is yourself.
From the above it’s easy to see why it’s never possible to define the “best interests” of anyone but your own self. And from that it’s possible to show that it’s never possible to define the best interests of the public, except through their individually chosen actions. And from that you can derive libertarianism.
Given that it’s impossible for the someone to know your total mind without being it, the only safe genie is yourself.
What about a genie that knows what you would do (and indeed what everyone else in the world would do), but doesn’t have subjective experiences, so isn’t actually anybody?
Given that it’s impossible for the someone to know your total mind without being it, the only safe genie is yourself.
From the above it’s easy to see why it’s never possible to define the “best interests” of anyone but your own self. And from that it’s possible to show that it’s never possible to define the best interests of the public, except through their individually chosen actions. And from that you can derive libertarianism.
Just an aside :-)
What about a genie that knows what you would do (and indeed what everyone else in the world would do), but doesn’t have subjective experiences, so isn’t actually anybody?
Not enough information. The genie is programmed to do what with that knowledge? If it’s CEV done right, it’s safe.