ABSTRACT
If we compare Gibbard’s first and second example in general terms, do they both pose the same problem for the information requirement?
5.1 Producing a Neurosis
In Gibbard’s first example there is indeed one conspicuous feature that will explain at least our spontaneous reaction: to rationalize my desire in this situation would mean bringing about or evoking a disease – a neurosis. A rationality requirement that exhorts people to produce a state of neurosis will seem highly suspicious. But why is that?
