thomblake comments on When None Dare Urge Restraint - Less Wrong
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I think it's more likely that I got downvotes because I was 1) telling people they're using a word wrong, and 2) invoking Aristotelian idioms in a context not friendly to Aristotle.
I'm not concerned.
That really isn't relevant. The words are also produced by human brains, and are often about value. If you say "good" and mean "bad", then you're using the word wrong. At a minimum, that's bad communication. And some words have "good" or "bad" as part of their meaning. If you don't want to imply virtue, you can say (for example) "bold" or "fearless" instead of "courageous" (if you want to imply vice, you can say "brash" or "reckless"). There are many words.