tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1138585234069594212006-01-29T20:40:00.000-05:002006-01-29T20:40:00.000-05:00I see there being no real distinction between action an inaction.<BR/><BR/>People make a series of choices uch as the choice to get up in the morning or the choice not to get up in the morning and those choices have effects. inaction can easily be jsut as much if not more of achoice than action - a classic example might be if I was standing in the middle of the road doing so would take quite a bit of thought when everything in me would be wanting to move me out of the way of the traffic. The same would be true in the long run about staying in bed or not helping a starving person outside my door.<BR/><BR/>The difference we seem to notice i think is what I would term "psychological intensity" (ok I just made that up today) what that means is that if I send you to ethiopia to stave it implies I spent quite a bit of time thinking about it but if I fail to send money to help a person in africa the choice may have barely been considered in my brain.<BR/><BR/>there are problems (scary scenarios or whatever) with using this sort of measure but it is fairly intuitive.Geniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13745998216182396083noreply@blogger.com