Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)When I discover an important need in myself or in another person, I feel I must do something to meet it. There might be many possible actions that could meet the need, which means I will have to choose between them. If I’ve seen this particular need before, I might already intuit how it can best be met. But when the need is new to me, I will have to use reason and imagination to discover what I might do.
Some of the options that I think up might seem to meet the need more fully than others. Such a benefit will weigh heavily in any consideration of the options. But I need to keep in mind that any benefit I project using my imagination and reason is always only a potential benefit. I do not yet know what actual benefit would be realized by each option.
I must remember this, because there might also be options that promise to meet the need perfectly, but they are not feasible. If I choose something that I cannot actually do, I might fail to meet the need entirely.
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