Update here, on the "Knobe effect."
I didn't give the new research the credit it deserves. Neither did the researchers.

Also rediscovered the line below, from my comments here

If philosophy is to be more than the philosophy of knots, it has to include the philosophy of knives, the philosophy not only of untying but of cutting.

Found after someone googled the phrase: ended badly. why? "she was a monarchist." here