I don't really care. If people want to break immersion, that's their thing. If I was Larian, and knowing the human species... I'd be afraid people will break their party and then complain they broke the party.
Consequently, I *would* call it bad design philosophy, but it's not going to actively bother me while playing. It doesn't unbalance the strenght distribution of races, I don't have to fight the game and double check as if it's multiclassing, nor will enemies even abuse it like shoving and jumping.
There are no flaws that will persist no matter how positively you see it, unlike... pretty much everything else Larian messed with. It's an invitation to shoot yourself in the knee. I think Larian may very well regret the feature. But, do I care? Is it my problem? No.
