Your (1) just assumes that we have structural reasons to avoid regrettable (self-conditionally negative) outcomes, but no structural reasons to pursue desirable (self-conditionally positive) ones. I don't see any reason to assume that. But as I flagged to Michael, I think the deeper issue here is that resorting to merely structural reaso…
Your (1) just assumes that we have structural reasons to avoid regrettable (self-conditionally negative) outcomes, but no structural reasons to pursue desirable (self-conditionally positive) ones. I don't see any reason to assume that.
But as I flagged to Michael, I think the deeper issue here is that resorting to merely structural reasons is itself undermotivated. We should just directly appreciate that miserable lives are bad, even in prospect (and, correspondingly, that awesome lives are good, even in prospect). I guess you can call this "question-begging" if you like; many obvious truths are.
Your (1) just assumes that we have structural reasons to avoid regrettable (self-conditionally negative) outcomes, but no structural reasons to pursue desirable (self-conditionally positive) ones. I don't see any reason to assume that.
But as I flagged to Michael, I think the deeper issue here is that resorting to merely structural reasons is itself undermotivated. We should just directly appreciate that miserable lives are bad, even in prospect (and, correspondingly, that awesome lives are good, even in prospect). I guess you can call this "question-begging" if you like; many obvious truths are.