GWWC is not firebombing anything, happily. War crimes are obviously bad and need no counterfactual spelled out. The principle you outline does not apply to the pledge because many people (citation) don’t think the pledge is obviously bad. To engage these people in productive discourse you need to suggest at least one strategy which could be better.
The principle you outline does not apply to the pledge because many people (citation) don’t think the pledge is obviously bad.
AlyssaVance isn’t outlining a principle. AGB made a general claim about criticism being useless without a counterfactual. AlyssaVance’s mention of firebombing was meant as a counterexample to that generalization.
GWWC is not firebombing anything, happily. War crimes are obviously bad and need no counterfactual spelled out. The principle you outline does not apply to the pledge because many people (citation) don’t think the pledge is obviously bad. To engage these people in productive discourse you need to suggest at least one strategy which could be better.
AlyssaVance isn’t outlining a principle. AGB made a general claim about criticism being useless without a counterfactual. AlyssaVance’s mention of firebombing was meant as a counterexample to that generalization.