Opting for the Best

Douglas W. Portmore
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This chapter argues for the opting-for-the-best view: the view that, for any subject S and any member ϕ‎ of a certain subset of S’s options, S ought to ϕ‎ if and only if ϕ‎ is the best member of this subset in terms of whatever ultimately matters. It’s argued that we need to restrict ourselves to a subset of the subject’s options because of the problem of act versions. This problem arises in the following sort of case. One’s best option is to kiss one’s partner passionately. Kissing her nonpassionately would be disastrous. Indeed, it would be better not to kiss her at all. But, unfortunately, if you were to kiss her, you would do so nonpassionately. Should you kiss her? Of course, you have to kiss her to kiss her passionately, which is your best option. But kissing her would result in your kissing her nonpassionately, which is your worst option.
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选择最好的
本章主张选择最佳观点:即,对于S的某个选项子集的任何主体S和任何成员φ,当且仅当φ是该子集中最终重要的最佳成员时,S应该φ。有人认为,由于行为版本的问题,我们需要将自己限制在主体选择的一个子集中。这个问题出现在下列情况中。一个人最好的选择是热情地亲吻他的伴侣。不带激情地吻她将是一场灾难。事实上,最好不要吻她。但是,不幸的是,如果你要吻她,你就不会有激情了。你应该吻她吗?当然,你必须吻她,热情地吻她,这是你最好的选择。但是亲吻她会导致你没有激情地亲吻她,这是你最糟糕的选择。
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