I think you could try to argue (but you do have to argue) that the harm from this kind of behavior is much more important than the contributions from the same people, especially when the behavior is minor. Or you could try to argue that there is a moral schelling fence here that suggest some kind of deontological rule that we shouldn’t cross, not because we know what happens when we cross it, but because it sure is a pretty universal rule (which, to be clear, in this case I don’t think applies, though I think there is an interesting argument to be made here). Or you could argue that there is some group of experts on this topic with a good track record that we should defer to on this topic, even if we don’t understand their reasoning.
But I do think at the end this is a position that has to be argued against (and I think there are interesting arguments to be made), and I don’t think this comment succeeds at that. I think it contains snippets of considerations, but I don’t like the degree to which it tries to frame its position as obvious, while mostly only hinting at underlying arguments.
Just to be more concrete, what would you say is an example of a behaviour that you think does not warrant action, because “the harm from this kind of behaviour is not much more important than the contributions from the same people”?
And where would you personally draw the line? i.e., what does the most harmful example look like that still does not warrant action, because the harm is not much more important the contributions?
I think you could try to argue (but you do have to argue) that the harm from this kind of behavior is much more important than the contributions from the same people, especially when the behavior is minor. Or you could try to argue that there is a moral schelling fence here that suggest some kind of deontological rule that we shouldn’t cross, not because we know what happens when we cross it, but because it sure is a pretty universal rule (which, to be clear, in this case I don’t think applies, though I think there is an interesting argument to be made here). Or you could argue that there is some group of experts on this topic with a good track record that we should defer to on this topic, even if we don’t understand their reasoning.
But I do think at the end this is a position that has to be argued against (and I think there are interesting arguments to be made), and I don’t think this comment succeeds at that. I think it contains snippets of considerations, but I don’t like the degree to which it tries to frame its position as obvious, while mostly only hinting at underlying arguments.
Just to be more concrete, what would you say is an example of a behaviour that you think does not warrant action, because “the harm from this kind of behaviour is not much more important than the contributions from the same people”?
And where would you personally draw the line? i.e., what does the most harmful example look like that still does not warrant action, because the harm is not much more important the contributions?