You then keep reiterating that it is not normatively relevant, which actually is ignoring my contention, given that I am saying that even if x is not normatively relevant to the consequentialist, it may still be relevant to questions like whether something is a rape.
No I’m not, first of all because I have already pointed out that it is entirely false that whether something is rape has to do with intent. Secondly, I’m not “ignoring” your claim, I’m denying that it carries any weight, since my point was that the definition question of whether something is rape doesn’t factor into the consequentialist’s normative considerations.
If you repeat the same thing three times, and each time I tell you “that’s irrelevant, because you’re totally missing the point of what I said,” then in one sense sure I’m ignoring you, in the same sense that I ignore anyone who makes irrelevant points. Just because I haven’t directly told you that the claim is wrong doesn’t mean that your position hasn’t been addressed. Sometimes people just say things that miss the point of the conversation, and this week it’s you.
I don’t know what counter-argument you think I’ve missed, but you need to establish that whether something is part of the consequentialist’s criterion of rightness is relevant here,
Why? It’s pretty obvious that what is normatively relevant is, quite simply, relevant. I don’t have to explain why having a reason to do something is relevant in any broader sense. It’s trivially true that normativity encompasses all of our reasons for doing things, and we can’t appeal to anything more basic and foundational than reasons, so whatever grander sense of relevancy you have in mind is nonsensical.
rather than simply whether something is relevant to whether an act counts as a rape.
No, I think the burden of argument is on you to tell us why a dispute over definitions, which you’ve already essentially admitted is normatively irrelevant, should concern us.
No I’m not, first of all because I have already pointed out that it is entirely false that whether something is rape has to do with intent. Secondly, I’m not “ignoring” your claim, I’m denying that it carries any weight, since my point was that the definition question of whether something is rape doesn’t factor into the consequentialist’s normative considerations.
If you repeat the same thing three times, and each time I tell you “that’s irrelevant, because you’re totally missing the point of what I said,” then in one sense sure I’m ignoring you, in the same sense that I ignore anyone who makes irrelevant points. Just because I haven’t directly told you that the claim is wrong doesn’t mean that your position hasn’t been addressed. Sometimes people just say things that miss the point of the conversation, and this week it’s you.
Why? It’s pretty obvious that what is normatively relevant is, quite simply, relevant. I don’t have to explain why having a reason to do something is relevant in any broader sense. It’s trivially true that normativity encompasses all of our reasons for doing things, and we can’t appeal to anything more basic and foundational than reasons, so whatever grander sense of relevancy you have in mind is nonsensical.
No, I think the burden of argument is on you to tell us why a dispute over definitions, which you’ve already essentially admitted is normatively irrelevant, should concern us.