Slightly off-topic: thinking that this argument is convincing is a typical mind fallacy. “Oh, good, someone is pulling extra weight, this means that I can slack off” would probably be just as common a reaction.
First of all, you are correct and I should have reflected that in my post.
Second of all, I suppose I didn’t actually find the argument convincing either. If I had, I would have actually donated money to charity in response to being impressed. I CONSIDERED donating money to charity and was very close to doing so, but I decided not to. I doubt I’m explicitly aware of all of the reasons for that decision, but the fact that I recently went below the minimum without fees on my savings account is the first one that came to mind, but I don’t know if that’s really my true objection.
So including all caveats of which I am currently aware, if someone was in a mental position like mine, and had not recently had any financial trouble, and did not have any other objections, they may have donated.
However, I don’t actually like this argument, because it doesn’t feel sufficiently inspirational. And while I can think of those caveats NOW, at the time it seemed like I was actually very close to being convinced in a way I don’t think that list of that criteria reflects. So I end up liking the connotations of my previous remarks even though the denotations of my current remarks seem more accurate.
Sorry. This is somewhat confusing. I don’t really seem to have a good way of discussing ADBOC points even when they are my own points.
Slightly off-topic: thinking that this argument is convincing is a typical mind fallacy. “Oh, good, someone is pulling extra weight, this means that I can slack off” would probably be just as common a reaction.
First of all, you are correct and I should have reflected that in my post.
Second of all, I suppose I didn’t actually find the argument convincing either. If I had, I would have actually donated money to charity in response to being impressed. I CONSIDERED donating money to charity and was very close to doing so, but I decided not to. I doubt I’m explicitly aware of all of the reasons for that decision, but the fact that I recently went below the minimum without fees on my savings account is the first one that came to mind, but I don’t know if that’s really my true objection.
So including all caveats of which I am currently aware, if someone was in a mental position like mine, and had not recently had any financial trouble, and did not have any other objections, they may have donated.
However, I don’t actually like this argument, because it doesn’t feel sufficiently inspirational. And while I can think of those caveats NOW, at the time it seemed like I was actually very close to being convinced in a way I don’t think that list of that criteria reflects. So I end up liking the connotations of my previous remarks even though the denotations of my current remarks seem more accurate.
Sorry. This is somewhat confusing. I don’t really seem to have a good way of discussing ADBOC points even when they are my own points.