I think that there are many answers along these lines (like “I’m not talking about a whole value system, I’m talking about a deontological constraint”) which would have been fine here.
The issue was that sentences like “It’s a boundary concept (element of a deontological agent design), not a value system (in the sense of preference such as expected utility, a key ingredient of an optimizer)” use the phrasing of someone pointing to a well-known, clearly-defined concept, but then only link to Critch’s high-level metaphor.
Okay, I get where you’re coming from now. Will have to mull over whether I agree but I am at least no longer feel confused about what the disagreement is about now.
I think that there are many answers along these lines (like “I’m not talking about a whole value system, I’m talking about a deontological constraint”) which would have been fine here.
The issue was that sentences like “It’s a boundary concept (element of a deontological agent design), not a value system (in the sense of preference such as expected utility, a key ingredient of an optimizer)” use the phrasing of someone pointing to a well-known, clearly-defined concept, but then only link to Critch’s high-level metaphor.
Okay, I get where you’re coming from now. Will have to mull over whether I agree but I am at least no longer feel confused about what the disagreement is about now.