Bernard Williams in his criticism of Utilitarianism imagined a scenario where a scientist is torn between feeding his family by helping develop an evil weapon,

Bernard Williams in his criticism of Utilitarianism imagined a scenario where a scientist is torn between feeding his family by helping develop an evil weapon, and refusing the offer knowing full well that the place will be filled by someone else anyway. Even if Cisco walked away from such deals, there would Chinese companies willing to fill their place. The Party developed hydrogen bombs and spaceships to stay in power. There seems to be little reason why they wouldn't do this themselves, if Cisco didn't play along. Actually, I would rather a company like Cisco that's partially under US jurisdiction and media scrutiny to do all the nasty work for the Party than an anonymous Chinese company doing the same thing.