Don't misunderstand me; I'm not a utilitarian, I just don't like hypocrisy.
But in my personal opinion? It'd depend on who's tied to the tree and who's shooting. I'd side with the people I value personally first; if they're all strangers I probably would have to go with the most aesthetically pleasant side or just sit it out. This is assuming a consequence-free vacuum of course; IRL there would be legal/social concerns which would trump any initial preference, not to mention how utterly unfamiliar I am with firearms.
But in my personal opinion? It'd depend on who's tied to the tree and who's shooting. I'd side with the people I value personally first; if they're all strangers I probably would have to go with the most aesthetically pleasant side or just sit it out.
For clarification here, do you mean behavioral aesthetics such as which people are trying to tie someone to a tree and shoot them, visual aesthetics (which side is better looking,) or some combination or alternative?
People want to tell everything instead of telling the best 15 words. They want to learn everything instead of the best 15 words. In this thread, instead post the best 15-words from a book you've read recently (or anything else). It has to stand on its own. It's not a summary, the whole value needs to be contained in those words.
I'll start in the comments below.
(Voted by the Schelling study group as the best exercise of the meeting.)