Rationalization Machines, But I Don't Care About Your Rational
This blog proposes a simple criterion for distinguishing good people from bad people. The answer, I have come to realize, is not complicated at all. Setup Consider two running examples: (i) A cheating wife who gets caught, and her husband gets hurt. (ii) A rude boss who mistreats their employees, and the employees get hurt. Thesis: Both these people are bad. For the longest time, I resisted judging people. A couple of years ago, I would have said there is more nuance to this — maybe they had reasons for why they acted a certain way....