I put a bunch of weight on decision theories which support 2.
A mundane example: I get value now from knowing that, even if I died, my partner would pursue certain Claire-specific projects I value being pursued because it makes me happy to know they will get pursued even if I die. I couldn’t have that happiness now if I didn’t believe he would actually do it, and it’d be hard for him (a person who lives with me and who I’ve dated for many years) to make me believe that he actually would pursue them even if it weren’t true (as well as seeming sketchy from a deontological perspective).
And, +1 to Austin’s example of funders; funders occasionally have people ask for retroactive funding, and say that they only did the thing because their model of the funders suggested the funder would pay.
I put a bunch of weight on decision theories which support 2.
A mundane example: I get value now from knowing that, even if I died, my partner would pursue certain Claire-specific projects I value being pursued because it makes me happy to know they will get pursued even if I die. I couldn’t have that happiness now if I didn’t believe he would actually do it, and it’d be hard for him (a person who lives with me and who I’ve dated for many years) to make me believe that he actually would pursue them even if it weren’t true (as well as seeming sketchy from a deontological perspective).
And, +1 to Austin’s example of funders; funders occasionally have people ask for retroactive funding, and say that they only did the thing because their model of the funders suggested the funder would pay.