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I do horrible things to bacteria. I don’t consider myself evil. If Google does horrible things to entities 1/100,000th its size, it’s considered to be doing evi

• mjw 16y ago
  Distinctions of physical size are more important to your moral philosophy than basic questions like "is this a sentient being"? If this is even part-way serious as a justification for abuses of corporate power, then what a terrible, glib argument.
  • celoyd 16y ago
    Hahah, of course not. I’m saying that large things that are net good can still do a lot of harm in absolute terms. The Google-to-person comparison is kind of iffy because the normal harm that a good person does is mostly below the threshold we care about. nostrademons makes this argument clearer in a sibling comment.