“The best possible life” for me pretty much includes “everyone who I care about is totally happy”?
Okay, I can see it being meant that way. (Even though, if you take this logic further, you could, as an altruist, make it include everything going well for everyone everywhere.) Still, that’s only 50% of the coinflip.
And parents certainly do dangerous risky things to provide better future for their children all the time.
Yeah, that’s true. I could even imagine that parents are more likely to flip coins that say “you die for sure but your kids get a 50% chance of the perfect life.” (Especially if the kids are at an age where they would be able to take care of themselves even under the bad outcome.)
Okay, I can see it being meant that way. (Even though, if you take this logic further, you could, as an altruist, make it include everything going well for everyone everywhere.) Still, that’s only 50% of the coinflip.
Yeah, that’s true. I could even imagine that parents are more likely to flip coins that say “you die for sure but your kids get a 50% chance of the perfect life.” (Especially if the kids are at an age where they would be able to take care of themselves even under the bad outcome.)