Emma Levine

Right.

I think either argument and either set of values is totally reasonable.

I think part of what's interesting is that they're culturally defined.

And so it's recognizing the value of prioritizing the moral imperative that matches the context and the person.

Yeah, I think it's incredibly complicated.

I actually recently ran a set of studies looking at physicians' predictions of patient preferences in the U.S.

and in China.

And in the U.S., also looking at their prediction of white patients' preferences versus Chinese American patient preferences.

And it's quite interesting in that in China, the patients do prefer more false hope than in the U.S.

And Chinese doctors get that somewhat accurate.

But in the U.S., the U.S.

doctors think that Chinese American patients also prefer false hope similar to the native Chinese patients.

And they don't.

They look a lot more like false.

white American preferences, closer to preferring honesty.

And so there's just a lot of room for complicated misunderstandings when we try to accommodate these differences.

Sure.

So imagine you have a co-worker who is wearing a scarf that they love, but you think is quite hideous.

Should you tell them your opinion about the scarf?

This is the basic scenario.