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  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Rational Choice Theory

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  • Transformative experiences present a challenge to traditional decision theory due to their unpredictable value.
  • Existing frameworks struggle to account for rational choices in the face of profound personal change.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel approach enabling rational decision-making for transformative experiences.
  • To identify conditions under which individuals can make reasoned choices about life-altering events.

Main Methods:

  • Building on Pettigrew's redescription of transformative experience.
  • Utilizing fundamental higher-order facts about utility spaces.
  • Analyzing the role of non-transformative alternatives in decision-making.

Main Results:

  • Agents possess knowledge of the general shape of their utility space.
  • This knowledge, combined with understanding non-transformative options, facilitates rational decision-making.
  • The approach offers new arguments for the rationality of gender transition and remaining childfree.

Conclusions:

  • Rational decision-making is achievable even when anticipating transformative experiences.
  • The framework provides a basis for understanding the rationality of significant life choices.
  • This research contributes to decision theory by addressing the unique challenges of transformative events.