If the world were going to end right after I took an action, which action would I choose? (Alt: If everybody saw what choice I was about to make, but then circumstances changed and my decision turned out not to matter, what choice would I want to have made?)
Did answering that question feel the same as answering the actual question? If so, I’m not really thinking about consequences.
Did answering that question feel the same as answering the actual question?
I think you’re onto something good here. Given any question, there are probably lots of hypothetical variations, like the world-ending or the exposure to everyone’s judgement which you mention, which shouldn’t make a difference but do, or should make a difference but don’t. Maybe list a few more such circumstances and get the class to decide whether and why the variations make a difference.
If the world were going to end right after I took an action, which action would I choose? (Alt: If everybody saw what choice I was about to make, but then circumstances changed and my decision turned out not to matter, what choice would I want to have made?)
Did answering that question feel the same as answering the actual question? If so, I’m not really thinking about consequences.
I think you’re onto something good here. Given any question, there are probably lots of hypothetical variations, like the world-ending or the exposure to everyone’s judgement which you mention, which shouldn’t make a difference but do, or should make a difference but don’t. Maybe list a few more such circumstances and get the class to decide whether and why the variations make a difference.