Herlitz, Anders | 2026
Transformative Ethics. Preprint series vol. 1. Working paper 2026:12
It has been suggested that some experiences are transformative; they radically change a person, their understanding of and way of being in the world (cf. Paul 2014). What this means for people who face choices in which they know that they will go through a transformative experience is a complicated matter. How can choice options in such situations be compared and ranked? What could it be to act rationally in such situations? In this paper, I will argue that when individuals face choices that involve predictable transformative experiences, we should sometimes understand that as individuals facing options that are incommensurable but that it might still be possible for them to make a rational choice.
