English is very context sensitive. That's probably a good thing. If we had to come up with a distinct word for every distinct idea, our language would be even

English is very context sensitive. That's probably a good thing. If we had to come up with a distinct word for every distinct idea, our language would be even more bloated and obtuse than it already is. I'll grant that the author has a point, but if you accept the idea, then we also need to come up with new words for "freedom", "justice", and I'm sure hundreds if not thousands of others.