The fact is, you could (especially since you’re a deontologist) decide that any old thing is morally wrong… Perhaps your declarations of what is or is not morally wrong make sense to you, but to other people, they just look arbitrary.
This is actually not an accusation I’ve had leveled at me before. Consequentialists tend to object to how rigidly I define moral rules, not which ones are on my list. I’m pretty sure this is a strawman.
now you’re declaring that anyone who disagrees with you is a Bad Person, and not even straightforwardly: you’re making insinuations about their character (“sketchy”).
This is just an uncharitable misreading of me. I don’t think I’ll engage you in particular any further on this subject unless you produce a dramatically better understanding of my position.
When people misunderstand or misread what I say — as happens sometimes, a couple of comments to this post being examples — my response is usually an attempt to clarify my position, correct the misreading, etc. Most of the people with whom I have engaged here on LessWrong do similarly.
A response to an alleged misreading that consists of saying “That’s not what I meant; I won’t explain what I meant; and I won’t talk to you about this anymore” is not a particularly honorable discussion tactic. If you think I have misread you — as is, of course, possible — please explain how.
You’re trying to have a conversation on a completely different level from any that interests me. I’m not playing. Please stop trying to paraphrase me, you’re bad at it.
This is actually not an accusation I’ve had leveled at me before. Consequentialists tend to object to how rigidly I define moral rules, not which ones are on my list. I’m pretty sure this is a strawman.
This is just an uncharitable misreading of me. I don’t think I’ll engage you in particular any further on this subject unless you produce a dramatically better understanding of my position.
When people misunderstand or misread what I say — as happens sometimes, a couple of comments to this post being examples — my response is usually an attempt to clarify my position, correct the misreading, etc. Most of the people with whom I have engaged here on LessWrong do similarly.
A response to an alleged misreading that consists of saying “That’s not what I meant; I won’t explain what I meant; and I won’t talk to you about this anymore” is not a particularly honorable discussion tactic. If you think I have misread you — as is, of course, possible — please explain how.
...”Honorable”?
You’re trying to have a conversation on a completely different level from any that interests me. I’m not playing. Please stop trying to paraphrase me, you’re bad at it.