I, like, I assume, everyone else, occasionally encounter situations of having to speak up in very uncomfortable situations, in “actual lived life.” In this hypothetical situation, I’d probably reduce my recline. I’d speak up if they reclined into me too much, leaving me not enough space.
We never know how other people will perceive us, or the consequences (or, for that matter, what’s right) with certainty. But the null decision (or the decision to do whatever causes the least stirrup) is a decision as well—namely, it’s a decision saying “the balance of evidence is such that I believe the right thing to do is to cause the least stirrup possible” (assuming the idealized case of an agent who optimizes for doing what is right).
I, like, I assume, everyone else, occasionally encounter situations of having to speak up in very uncomfortable situations, in “actual lived life.” In this hypothetical situation, I’d probably reduce my recline. I’d speak up if they reclined into me too much, leaving me not enough space.
We never know how other people will perceive us, or the consequences (or, for that matter, what’s right) with certainty. But the null decision (or the decision to do whatever causes the least stirrup) is a decision as well—namely, it’s a decision saying “the balance of evidence is such that I believe the right thing to do is to cause the least stirrup possible” (assuming the idealized case of an agent who optimizes for doing what is right).