The question of what EY means is entangled with the question of why he thinks it’s true.
This account of his meaning
It’s that love, pleasure, and equality are part of the definition of good
..is pretty incredible as an argument, because it appears to be an argument by definition...in fact, an argument by normative and novel definition...and he hates arguments by definition.
Well, even if they are not all bad , his argument-by-definition is not one of the good ones, because it’s not based on an accepted or common definition. Inasmuch as it’s both a novel theory, and based on a definition, it’s based on a novel definition.
The question of what EY means is entangled with the question of why he thinks it’s true.
This account of his meaning
..is pretty incredible as an argument, because it appears to be an argument by definition...in fact, an argument by normative and novel definition...and he hates arguments by definition.
Well, even if they are not all bad , his argument-by-definition is not one of the good ones, because it’s not based on an accepted or common definition. Inasmuch as it’s both a novel theory, and based on a definition, it’s based on a novel definition.