I’m not sure what you’re implying. I only copied half of the quote to save reader’s time.
I feel like you’re trying to catch me out, but I don’t understand why.
If you want my views on Toby’s paper, the truth is I haven’t read it. It’s a good thing to represent counterarguments correctly, so that’s too bad if he didn’t do it well in this particular paper? At worst, this sounds like an argument that he made some mistakes in his work as an academic—but I wouldn’t be in a position to judge. It doesn’t sound dishonest.
Well, I do believe that misrepresenting the views you’re arguing against is dishonest. Especially so, if your essay is literally called “Why I’m Not a Negative Utilitarian”
I don’t like Toby’s “Why I’m Not a Negative Utilitarian” essay because I think it doesn’t engage good arguments in favor of NU (to which I am partial). But I don’t think it’s in any way dishonest for him to have written an informal essay describing his views on the matter. I found it immensely helpful in understanding Toby’s writings about the kind of utilitarianism he endorses.
I’m not sure what you’re implying. I only copied half of the quote to save reader’s time.
I feel like you’re trying to catch me out, but I don’t understand why.
If you want my views on Toby’s paper, the truth is I haven’t read it. It’s a good thing to represent counterarguments correctly, so that’s too bad if he didn’t do it well in this particular paper? At worst, this sounds like an argument that he made some mistakes in his work as an academic—but I wouldn’t be in a position to judge. It doesn’t sound dishonest.
Well, I do believe that misrepresenting the views you’re arguing against is dishonest. Especially so, if your essay is literally called “Why I’m Not a Negative Utilitarian”
I don’t like Toby’s “Why I’m Not a Negative Utilitarian” essay because I think it doesn’t engage good arguments in favor of NU (to which I am partial). But I don’t think it’s in any way dishonest for him to have written an informal essay describing his views on the matter. I found it immensely helpful in understanding Toby’s writings about the kind of utilitarianism he endorses.