Most of the standard examples of “virtue signals” signal the exact opposite of that, precisely because they’re standard examples. They’re signalling exactly the kinds of “virtue” which are broadly recognized as “virtuous”, and therefore they weakly signal someone who is more likely to allow their values to be overwritten by whoever’s around them.
I might put it like this: The standard examples are ambiguous signals, showing either virtue or conformity. (And, in some contexts, conformity is an anti-virtue.)
Perhaps unambiguously signaling virtue is an anti-inductive problem.
I might put it like this: The standard examples are ambiguous signals, showing either virtue or conformity. (And, in some contexts, conformity is an anti-virtue.)
Perhaps unambiguously signaling virtue is an anti-inductive problem.