I’m not sure we’re in disagreement. I think that’s what I said in the following paragraph:
“To be clear, I don’t object at all to arguing about things and getting down to what people’s base intuitions are. Particularly if they haven’t thought about them before, this is really useful. People should understand what those intuitions commit them to and whether they are consistent so they can decide if they like the consequences or want to revise their views. My objection is that, once you’ve worked you way down to someone’s base intuitions, you shouldn’t mock them just because their intuitions are different from yours. It’s the jousting aspect I think is wrong”
I’m not sure we’re in disagreement. I think that’s what I said in the following paragraph:
“To be clear, I don’t object at all to arguing about things and getting down to what people’s base intuitions are. Particularly if they haven’t thought about them before, this is really useful. People should understand what those intuitions commit them to and whether they are consistent so they can decide if they like the consequences or want to revise their views. My objection is that, once you’ve worked you way down to someone’s base intuitions, you shouldn’t mock them just because their intuitions are different from yours. It’s the jousting aspect I think is wrong”