Transformative experiences, rational decisions and shark attacks

How can we make rational decisions that involve transformative experiences, is, experiences radically change our core preferences? L. A. Paul ([2014]. Transformative Experience. Oxford: Oxford University Press.) has argued many involving cannot be rational. However, acknowledges some traumatic events but are nevertheless not an obstacle to decision-making. For instance, being attacked by hungry sharks would a experience, and yet, deciding swim with is tried explain why ‘sharky’ outcomes exception the rule. her putative explanation been criticized Campbell Mosquera ([2020]. ‘Transformative Experience Shark Problem.’ Philosophical Studies 177: 3549–3565.). In this paper, I offer different solution problem. Roughly, argue give rise problem for decision-making only if decision lead satisfying of (new) preferences, also frustrate other preferences. agents partially project what like.