In effect, the sacred value has infinite utility relative to the secular value.
That’s no accurate representation of how human’s value sacred values. There are cases where people value getting X sacred utilitons over getting X sacred utilitons + Y secular ultilitons.
True—but I’d deem such a choice irrational, and clearly motivated by the desire not to appear “money-grubbing” more than an actual belief that X > X+Y.
I think there quite some value in having sacred beliefs if you can demostrate to other people that those beliefs are sacred.
Take a politician who thinks that solar subsidies are a good thing and who pushes for a law to that effect. Then a company manufactoring solar cells offers to give him 10,000$ without any strings attached.
10,000$ are utility for the politician and the politician shouldn’t just accept the money and put it into his own pocket, even if he can do it in a way where nobody will notice.
There value in the politician following a decision framework where he precommits against accepting certain kind of utility. From a TDT perspective that might be the correct strategy.
That’s no accurate representation of how human’s value sacred values. There are cases where people value getting X sacred utilitons over getting X sacred utilitons + Y secular ultilitons.
Emerging sacred values: Iran’s nuclear program by Morteza Dehghani is a good read to get how sacred values behave.
Secret values prevent corruption.
True—but I’d deem such a choice irrational, and clearly motivated by the desire not to appear “money-grubbing” more than an actual belief that X > X+Y.
I think there quite some value in having sacred beliefs if you can demostrate to other people that those beliefs are sacred.
Take a politician who thinks that solar subsidies are a good thing and who pushes for a law to that effect. Then a company manufactoring solar cells offers to give him 10,000$ without any strings attached. 10,000$ are utility for the politician and the politician shouldn’t just accept the money and put it into his own pocket, even if he can do it in a way where nobody will notice.
There value in the politician following a decision framework where he precommits against accepting certain kind of utility. From a TDT perspective that might be the correct strategy.