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Personally, I think ethics mostly boils down to "I treat others like I want them to treat me." If you would not be okay with your washing machine repairman sel
by prewett 9y ago
Personally, I think ethics mostly boils down to "I treat others like I want them to treat me." If you would not be okay with your washing machine repairman selling out you and your dissenting friends to the government, then you shouldn't be selling the knowledge.
Yes, it is your decision, but it is not simply a decision of "do I whichever I want in the moment." It is ("do I want to do this & "would I be okay with someone doing this to me). (That's a bitwise AND there)
- hardwaresofton 9y agoIf they're like wayyyy out of what I deem to be understandable, I'll be outraged, but I don't know if I consider this company to be that far over my line (for the reasons I stated). If I considered this company to be over the line, what would I think about the leagues of developers who write essentially surveillance software (and somethings actually surveillance software) for the internet? Also, I think the way of thinking you're referring to is called universalism (roughly stated - "do a thing only if you're OK with everyone doing that thing"), but I think it has it's problems. > Yes, it is your decision, but it is not simply a decision of "do I whichever I want in the moment." It is ("do I want to do this & "would I be okay with someone doing this to me). (That's a bitwise AND there) Yeah that's basically integrity (at least the consistency part) though -- I don't agree with the example I gave (it's pretty devil's advocate-y and obviously against the mores of the HN crowd), but I don't know that I can call someone who draws the line a few steps away from where I might have drawn it "sleazy", especially when there are people out there that do way worse things in hidden places.