Jonathan_Graehl comments on How to annoy misanthropes and bleeding-hearts - Less Wrong
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Stupid Knobe effect. Obviously the subjects' responses were an attempt to pass judgement on the CEO. In one case, he deserves no praise, but in the other he does deserve blame [or so a typical subject would presumably think]. The fact that they were forced to express their judgement of moral character through the word 'intentional', which sometimes is a 'non-moral' quality of an action, doesn't tell us anything interesting.
I thought of this too. Also a factor: publicly giving credit to someone makes you feel obligated to them.
Does it?
I would have said that the risks are that if you praise something, you might get told it isn't good enough, and if you blame someone, you might get entangled in the consequences of punishing them.
Yes, that too, now that you mention it. Especially when it comes to praising CEOs :)