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no? I'm not abusing someone's trust or breaking my word. Every other consideration is subordinate to my aim.
by keefe 16y ago
no? I'm not abusing someone's trust or breaking my word. Every other consideration is subordinate to my aim.
- endtime 16y agoThat's a pretty measly definition of ethics. Under your definition, murder is ethical so long as you don't lie about it.
- keefe 16y agoherp derp I obviously meant it to the most extreme case possible. I could counterargue that I gave my word not to do any wanton killing and therefore it's prohibited and then I can wedge whatever I want into that system.
- Magneus 16y agoCall me an elitist asshole, but I find your tone infuriating. Clean it up. Learn some respect.
- keefe 16y agoit should have been totally obvious that my original statement was related to business strategy, not homicide. I'm well aware that I have a looser sense of ethics than average, but ethics is a cultural construct that can be debated on its own merits. Not abusing trust, not breaking promises and not being violent are the core tenets of my ethical/moral beliefs - the violence one is just not relevant to business discussions. I've often discussed this with people who have stricter codes that are adhered to less stringently. your comment verges on ad hominem. If somebody wants to twist my words to make their point, yeah they'll get a little sarcasm in return.
- c1sc0 16y agohow are you not abusing the site owner's trust by basically spamming/trolling their site?
- keefe 16y agoOP was not a mod or a personal friend or an employee, just another random person submitting stuff from the internet, so there was no special trust relationship to be abused.