I don’t think that RA actually moved the goalposts. The goal is exactly the same: “Men have better technical abilities than women, so they should get paid more for the same engineering jobs.”
The point that WA actually changed was from “Men and women are just as well suited to technical careers as each other!”, which he conceded, to “If men really are better, they’ll get raises and promotions on their own merit, not merely by virtue of being male.”… But these points aren’t located in the goal. They are points in the middle of the field, parts of a discussion. Losing one of those points shouldn’t mean losing the whole discussion.
An example of actual goalpost-moving should be from “Men have better technical abilities than women, so they should get paid more for the same engineering jobs.” to “People who have better technical abilities should get paid more for the same engineering jobs”.
I don’t think that RA actually moved the goalposts. The goal is exactly the same: “Men have better technical abilities than women, so they should get paid more for the same engineering jobs.”
The point that WA actually changed was from “Men and women are just as well suited to technical careers as each other!”, which he conceded, to “If men really are better, they’ll get raises and promotions on their own merit, not merely by virtue of being male.”… But these points aren’t located in the goal. They are points in the middle of the field, parts of a discussion. Losing one of those points shouldn’t mean losing the whole discussion.
An example of actual goalpost-moving should be from “Men have better technical abilities than women, so they should get paid more for the same engineering jobs.” to “People who have better technical abilities should get paid more for the same engineering jobs”.