gjm on Nostr: Just some pushback because I think there is a subtle sleight of hand at play by using ...

Just some pushback because I think there is a subtle sleight of hand at play by using the carpenter's square metaphor. A carpenter's square measures objective physical geometry, which anyone (including non carpenters) can test against 90 degrees. A moral square doesn't measure physical geometry, it measures a chosen value system. If two people hold moral squares that differ by even 1 degree, over time they build completely different lives and societies while both insisting their square is true norma. Calling a chosen value standard a square sounds objective, but it switches a physical measurement system for a personal preference system, which inevitable leads to a circular argument situation.