I agree but.… purposely self-identifying with a reference class that has supposed-skills that you are trying to acquire does seem to have benefits in actually becoming more likely to have those skills.
eg “I’m a hard-working person and hard-working people wouldn’t just give up” is a way of convincing (/tricking) yourself into actually being a hard-working person.
EDIT: that being said—it certainly wouldn’t be consequentialist. :)
But it is near-consequentialist: “I’m a hard-working person and hard-working people wouldn’t just give up” --> “the act of giving up will make me feel less like a hard-working person and therefore make me less likely to work hard in the future”
I agree but.… purposely self-identifying with a reference class that has supposed-skills that you are trying to acquire does seem to have benefits in actually becoming more likely to have those skills. eg “I’m a hard-working person and hard-working people wouldn’t just give up” is a way of convincing (/tricking) yourself into actually being a hard-working person.
EDIT: that being said—it certainly wouldn’t be consequentialist. :)
But it is near-consequentialist: “I’m a hard-working person and hard-working people wouldn’t just give up” --> “the act of giving up will make me feel less like a hard-working person and therefore make me less likely to work hard in the future”
Yes—it can definitely be re-phrased in consequentialist ways...