Blogging avant la lettre
Analysis publishes a lot of relatively short papers, but this one—by G.E.M. Anscombe—from 1966 seems close to the limiting case. The link goes to the JSTOR copy, which requires a subscription. No matter. I shall reproduce the paper in full here, including notes:
A Note on Mr Bennett By G.E.M. AnscombeThe nerve of Mr Bennett’s argument is that if A results from your not doing B, then A results from whatever you do instead of doing B.1 While there may be much to be said for this view, still it does not seem right on the face of it.
1‘”Whatever the Consequences”’, Analysis, January 1966, p. 96.
That about settles it. (Indirect hat tip: Carolina Sartorio.)