>"Saying this risks coming off as insulting, but I don’t mean it that way"
>[the next paragraph:] "it’s insane to deny this premise... purely negative ethical views are insane"
(I think the "not being insulting" thing may need a little work here)
Ha, well, I also don't want to downplay or sugarcoat how bad I think the view is. Sometimes philosophers defend crazy things! I think this is one of those times. Saying so is apt to make some people feel insulted, so I figured I should acknowledge that while clarifying that I'm not *aiming* to make anyone feel bad. But I'm basically OK with it being a foreseen side-effect of clearly conveying (i) how bad the view is, and hence (ii) why others should generally be on board with taking its rejection as a non-negotiable premise (as is needed for the rest of the post to get off the ground).
>"Saying this risks coming off as insulting, but I don’t mean it that way"
>[the next paragraph:] "it’s insane to deny this premise... purely negative ethical views are insane"
(I think the "not being insulting" thing may need a little work here)
Ha, well, I also don't want to downplay or sugarcoat how bad I think the view is. Sometimes philosophers defend crazy things! I think this is one of those times. Saying so is apt to make some people feel insulted, so I figured I should acknowledge that while clarifying that I'm not *aiming* to make anyone feel bad. But I'm basically OK with it being a foreseen side-effect of clearly conveying (i) how bad the view is, and hence (ii) why others should generally be on board with taking its rejection as a non-negotiable premise (as is needed for the rest of the post to get off the ground).
>"a foreseen side-effect"
Now you're wounding like a deontologist!
(I originally meant to type "sounding like a deontologist," but I think it works this way as well.)