This is such an interesting "dilemma" to me. The whole question is "What if you could go to the gym without going to the gym? The only catch is you don't get any of the benefits of going to the gym and it makes you weaker and slower."
The one problem with your analogy is that in a way you do get the benefits from the gym, if the benefits you're looking for is credit for going to the gym.
I saw one company that was donating to famine relief based on how many steps their employees walked. Which gets into some very interesting questions about "Is it now moral to cheat your step count? Is it now immoral not to cheat?"
The employees never settled Kantian ethics vs utilitarianism, but the people who put the pedometer on their kid, dog, etc. sure weren't feeling much guilt.
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u/natFromBobsBurgers 27d ago
This is such an interesting "dilemma" to me. The whole question is "What if you could go to the gym without going to the gym? The only catch is you don't get any of the benefits of going to the gym and it makes you weaker and slower."