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It's also an entity in the problem set-up. When Omega says "I'll double your utility", what is she offering to double? Without defining this, the problem isn't well-specified.
Certainly, you need to resolve any underspecification. There are ways to do this usefully (or not).
Agreed. My point is simply that one particular (tempting) way of resolving the underspecification is non-useful. ;)