In principle, changing the moral baseline shouldn’t change decisions—if we were fully rational utility maximizers. But for typical humans with human psychology, moral baselines matter greatly, in terms of social signaling, self-signaling, self-esteem, self-image, mental health, etc.
I agree! That’s why I’m happy that I can set it wherever it helps me the most in practice (e.g. makes me feel the “optimal” amount of guilt, potentially 0)
In principle, changing the moral baseline shouldn’t change decisions—if we were fully rational utility maximizers. But for typical humans with human psychology, moral baselines matter greatly, in terms of social signaling, self-signaling, self-esteem, self-image, mental health, etc.
I agree! That’s why I’m happy that I can set it wherever it helps me the most in practice (e.g. makes me feel the “optimal” amount of guilt, potentially 0)