If I was the man of the ledge, this would be my thinking:
If I am the kind of person that can be blackmailed into taking specific a action, with the threat of some future action being taken, then I might as well just surrender now and have other people decide all my actions.
I am not such a person so I will take whatever action I deem appropriate.[1]
If I was the man of the ledge, this would be my thinking:
If I am the kind of person that can be blackmailed into taking specific a action, with the threat of some future action being taken, then I might as well just surrender now and have other people decide all my actions.
I am not such a person so I will take whatever action I deem appropriate.[1]
And then I jump.
This does not mean I will do whatever I want, appropriate is heavily compressed and contains a lot of things, like a deontology.
I hadn’t considered this. You point out a big flaw in the neighbor’s strategy. Is there a way to repair it?
Honestly I don’t think I am competent enough to give any answer.
But you could start with Pascal’s mugging and go spelunking in those part of the woods (decision theory).