I don’t understand this. In practice I see people doing “norm talk” and also, in other discussions, talking about all those substantive issues as well. They’re not trying to reduce EVERYTHING to norms, or even most things. Or am I just misunderstanding the word “norm”?https://twitter.com/stevenmklein/status/994742177187102725 …
I have no idea what they mean by norm in that conversation. There's a big difference between e.g. "free speech" vs "civility"
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I thought he was talking about German theory of a century ago: impartial rules which some people believed could govern a whole system, like law. So in this case, norms would be free speech, good-faith engagement, etc. But who knows? Obviously it wasn't addressed to folks like us
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I get suspicious when people differentiate between norms and political policy. What if the functional end state that you desire for society is one where people can express their ideas freely however repulsive. Is free speech a norm or a policy goal at this point
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