Metric words (eg “good”, “better”, “worse”) with an implicit privileged metric. A common implicit metric is “social praise/blame”, but people can also have different metrics in mind and argue past each other because “good” is pointing at different metrics. Usually, just making the metric explicit or asking “better in what way?” clears it up.
Similar for goal words (“should”, “ought”, “must”, “need”, etc) with an implicit privileged goal. Again, you can ask “You say you ‘have to do it’, but for what purpose?”
Btw, I’m not against vague goals/metrics that are hard to make legible, just the implicit, privileged ones.
Metric words (eg “good”, “better”, “worse”) with an implicit privileged metric. A common implicit metric is “social praise/blame”, but people can also have different metrics in mind and argue past each other because “good” is pointing at different metrics. Usually, just making the metric explicit or asking “better in what way?” clears it up.
Similar for goal words (“should”, “ought”, “must”, “need”, etc) with an implicit privileged goal. Again, you can ask “You say you ‘have to do it’, but for what purpose?”
Btw, I’m not against vague goals/metrics that are hard to make legible, just the implicit, privileged ones.