Assuming for the sake of argument that a counterfactual me with a chicken pet would become emotionally attached to it and be unwilling to eat chickens, that still begs the question of whether the counterfactual me is acting rationally or not. Perhaps I’m just recognizing that a counterfactual me is vulnerable to having his thought processes hacked.
I could equally well say “a counterfactual me who was kidnapped at birth and raised by Christians would grow up to be a Christian. So I should be a Christian now.” Or even “a counterfactual me who joined Scientology out of curiosity would be overcome by Scientology’s conditioning and come to actually believe in Scientology, so I should believe in Scientology now.”
Assuming for the sake of argument that a counterfactual me with a chicken pet would become emotionally attached to it and be unwilling to eat chickens, that still begs the question of whether the counterfactual me is acting rationally or not. Perhaps I’m just recognizing that a counterfactual me is vulnerable to having his thought processes hacked.
I could equally well say “a counterfactual me who was kidnapped at birth and raised by Christians would grow up to be a Christian. So I should be a Christian now.” Or even “a counterfactual me who joined Scientology out of curiosity would be overcome by Scientology’s conditioning and come to actually believe in Scientology, so I should believe in Scientology now.”