“Choice” is not so precisely defined concept. When a cow is hungry, its brain tells it to eat grass. When a vegetarian is hungry, his brain tells him to eat vegetables. Of course, the vegetarian can speak about the choice, but the boundary is not so strict and crucial as you seem to imply. There seems to be a big difference, because we are human, and we understand how humans think, while the cow’s decision making process is opaque.
Try to make your point tabooing the word choice (don’t use synonyms like free will, possibility and so on). I predict it would be far harder to do, and if done, it would be more interesting.
An unrelated question: You clearly understand in what sense altruism is used in the context which you are writing about. Still, you propose a new term. Why? Do you think that there is a real danger of misunderstanding, using current terminology?
“Choice” is not so precisely defined concept. When a cow is hungry, its brain tells it to eat grass. When a vegetarian is hungry, his brain tells him to eat vegetables. Of course, the vegetarian can speak about the choice, but the boundary is not so strict and crucial as you seem to imply. There seems to be a big difference, because we are human, and we understand how humans think, while the cow’s decision making process is opaque.
Try to make your point tabooing the word choice (don’t use synonyms like free will, possibility and so on). I predict it would be far harder to do, and if done, it would be more interesting.
An unrelated question: You clearly understand in what sense altruism is used in the context which you are writing about. Still, you propose a new term. Why? Do you think that there is a real danger of misunderstanding, using current terminology?