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. Anscombe
The 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.)