Re: Decisions, decisions...

2018-12-22 Thread Brent Meeker
Why make it an ethical problem?  What if you estimate is A you have 60% chance of surviving and B your have 40% chance of surviving. Brent On 12/22/2018 9:48 PM, Mason Green wrote: So I thought of an interesting problem in decision theory and/or ethics. Maybe someone’s thought along these lin

Decisions, decisions...

2018-12-22 Thread Mason Green
So I thought of an interesting problem in decision theory and/or ethics. Maybe someone’s thought along these lines before, but if so I haven’t encountered it. Suppose you have to make a decision between two options, A and B. Your credence that option A is the more ethical one is 60%, and your cr