It’s 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 haven’t done a good job of figuring out the “correct” way of thinking about ethics, you may think you’re 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 won’t even be interested in those questions anymore.
It’s 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 haven’t done a good job of figuring out the “correct” way of thinking about ethics, you may think you’re 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 won’t even be interested in those questions anymore.