Why "Would You . . ." Questions are All BS

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The relevant data in these sorts of hypothetical cases (at least as they are usually employed in moral philosophy) is what the responder thinks they should appear to other people to be saying they should do in those circumstances, and not whether or not they are correct about what they would in fact do.

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Wouldn't this be true of any poll then?

I can tell you that in the classroom students responding to these sorts of hypotheticals couldn't care less what the other students think they should be saying.