Itâs not enough to place a low level of trust in your future self for commitment devices to be a good idea. You also have to put a high level of trust in your current self :)
That is, if you believe in moral uncertainty, and believe you currently havenât done a good job of figuring out the âcorrectâ way of thinking about ethics, you may think youâre likely to make mistakes by committing and acting now, and so be willing to wait, even in the face of a strong chance your future self wonât even be interested in those questions anymore.
Itâs not enough to place a low level of trust in your future self for commitment devices to be a good idea. You also have to put a high level of trust in your current self :)
That is, if you believe in moral uncertainty, and believe you currently havenât done a good job of figuring out the âcorrectâ way of thinking about ethics, you may think youâre likely to make mistakes by committing and acting now, and so be willing to wait, even in the face of a strong chance your future self wonât even be interested in those questions anymore.