so when I see the brand name being used to market a particular set of discourse norms without a clear explanation of how these norms are derived from the law, that bothers me enough to quickly write an essay or two about it
Seems great to me! I share your intuition that Goodwill seems a bit odd to include. I think it’s right to push back on proposed norms like these and talk about how justified they are, and I hope my list can be the start of a conversation like that rather than the end.
I do have an intuition that Goodwill, or something similar to Goodwill, plays an important role in the vast majority of human discourse that reliably produces truth. But I’m not sure why; if I knew very crisply what was going on here, maybe I could reduce it to other rules that are simpler and more universal.
Seems great to me! I share your intuition that Goodwill seems a bit odd to include. I think it’s right to push back on proposed norms like these and talk about how justified they are, and I hope my list can be the start of a conversation like that rather than the end.
I do have an intuition that Goodwill, or something similar to Goodwill, plays an important role in the vast majority of human discourse that reliably produces truth. But I’m not sure why; if I knew very crisply what was going on here, maybe I could reduce it to other rules that are simpler and more universal.