What is the “don’t give in to threats” policy that this is more complex than? In particular, what are ‘threats’?
“Anytime someone credibly demands that you do X, otherwise they’ll do Y to you, you should not do X.” This is a simple reading of the “don’t give into threats” policy.
What are the semantics of “otherwise”? Are they more like:
X otherwise Y ↦ X → ¬Y, or
X otherwise Y
X otherwise Y ↦ X ↔ ¬Y
Presumably you also want the policy to include that you don’t want “Y” and weren’t going to do “X” anyway?
Yes, to the first part, probably yes to the second part.
What is the “don’t give in to threats” policy that this is more complex than? In particular, what are ‘threats’?
“Anytime someone credibly demands that you do X, otherwise they’ll do Y to you, you should not do X.” This is a simple reading of the “don’t give into threats” policy.
What are the semantics of “otherwise”? Are they more like:
X otherwise Y↦ X → ¬Y, orX otherwise Y↦ X ↔ ¬YPresumably you also want the policy to include that you don’t want “Y” and weren’t going to do “X” anyway?
Yes, to the first part, probably yes to the second part.