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In applying GR to someone who is senile, we should ask:
{ 1 } - "If I were senile, would I then be willing to be treated in such and such ways?"
{ 2 } - "Am I now willing that if I were senile then I'd be treated in such and such ways?"
{ 3 } - Both questions mean the same thing.
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In applying GR to someone who is senile, we should ask:
{ 1 } - "If I were senile, would I then be willing to be treated in such and such ways?"
{ 2 } - "Am I now willing that if I were senile then I'd be treated in such and such ways?"
{ 3 } - Both questions mean the same thing.
We'd have confused desires -- hardly a good basis for deciding what to do!
To use the correct form, be careful to say "WILLING THAT IF."
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In applying GR to someone who is senile, we should ask:
{ 1 } - "If I were senile, would I then be willing to be treated in such and such ways?"
{ 2 } - "Am I now willing that if I were senile then I'd be treated in such and such ways?"
{ 3 } - Both questions mean the same thing.
This question is about what we now (in our current rational state) desire about how we'd be treated if we were less rational. This is about our present attitude toward a hypothetical or future situation.
The other question is about what our desires would be if we were in a less rational state (if we were senile).
To use the correct form, be careful to say "WILLING THAT IF."
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In applying GR to someone who is senile, we should ask:
{ 1 } - "If I were senile, would I then be willing to be treated in such and such ways?"
{ 2 } - "Am I now willing that if I were senile then I'd be treated in such and such ways?"
{ 3 } - Both questions mean the same thing.
No they don't!
One question is about what we now (in our current rational state) desire about how we'd be treated if we were less rational. The other question is about what our desires would be if we were in a less rational state (if we were senile).
To use the correct form, be careful to say "WILLING THAT IF."
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