What is your answer?

    (A) We ought always to obey our government.

    (B) If our Nazi government commands genocide, then we ought to obey it.

Suppose that you express a belief in (A), and yet further discussion shows that you reject (B). According to the logicality principle:
    { 1 } - You ought to accept (B), since you accept (A).
    { 2 } - You ought to reject (A), since you reject (B).
    { 3 } - You ought to re-adjust your belief system to regain consistency.

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1 is wrong. Please try again.

    (A) We ought always to obey our government.

    (B) If our Nazi government commands genocide, then we ought to obey it.

Suppose that you express a belief in (A), and yet further discussion shows that you reject (B). According to the logicality principle:

This presumes the incorrect "if-then" formulation of logicality.

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

    (A) We ought always to obey our government.

    (B) If our Nazi government commands genocide, then we ought to obey it.

Suppose that you express a belief in (A), and yet further discussion shows that you reject (B). According to the logicality principle:
    { 1 } - You ought to accept (B), since you accept (A).
    { 2 } - You ought to reject (A), since you reject (B).
    { 3 } - You ought to re-adjust your belief system to regain consistency.

This presumes the incorrect "if-then" formulation of logicality.

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3 is correct!

    (A) We ought always to obey our government.

    (B) If our Nazi government commands genocide, then we ought to obey it.

Suppose that you express a belief in (A), and yet further discussion shows that you reject (B). According to the logicality principle:
    { 1 } - You ought to accept (B), since you accept (A).
    { 2 } - You ought to reject (A), since you reject (B).
    { 3 } - You ought to re-adjust your belief system to regain consistency.

Logicality (in its correct "don't-combine" formulation) tells us to avoid inconsistency in our beliefs -- but it doesn't tell us what specifically to believe or not to believe.

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