Ah, in that particular sentence I didn't mean specifically that I want us to be more more accountable in terms of changing ethics. I also mean even in terms of our own ethics! Our choices have all sorts of "externalities" in the future and broadly speaking it's very hard to internalize them. Posthumous cancellation is an unusual exception to that rule.
Ah, in that particular sentence I didn't mean specifically that I want us to be more more accountable in terms of changing ethics. I also mean even in terms of our own ethics! Our choices have all sorts of "externalities" in the future and broadly speaking it's very hard to internalize them. Posthumous cancellation is an unusual exception to that rule.
I see...but surely most posthumous cancellation is either over differences in values or due to later generations having extra factual information about the consequences of actions? The examples you mentioned certainly seem that way to me. I'd think that not many people are going around deliberately doing stuff they know is bad for future generations, and those who are doing that would not stop merely because they observed a higher frequency of posthumous cancellation over unrelated stuff done by past generations.
I think I actually disagree? At least, I think that most people don't spend that much time thinking about how their actions affect future generations one way or the other.
Ah, in that particular sentence I didn't mean specifically that I want us to be more more accountable in terms of changing ethics. I also mean even in terms of our own ethics! Our choices have all sorts of "externalities" in the future and broadly speaking it's very hard to internalize them. Posthumous cancellation is an unusual exception to that rule.
I see...but surely most posthumous cancellation is either over differences in values or due to later generations having extra factual information about the consequences of actions? The examples you mentioned certainly seem that way to me. I'd think that not many people are going around deliberately doing stuff they know is bad for future generations, and those who are doing that would not stop merely because they observed a higher frequency of posthumous cancellation over unrelated stuff done by past generations.
I think I actually disagree? At least, I think that most people don't spend that much time thinking about how their actions affect future generations one way or the other.