3 ms·
This is a popular view, and it's one I may go to sometimes, but I wonder if it's only popular because it's what we want to believe. Really, it's reasonable to t
by orblivion 8y ago
This is a popular view, and it's one I may go to sometimes, but I wonder if it's only popular because it's what we want to believe. Really, it's reasonable to think that lowering the cost or risk of an activity will lead to more of it.
- Nasrudith 8y agoWell the thing is that many of the cost-lowerings are so unpredictable, all over the map and inevitable that assigning morality to it seems as futile and nonsensical as trying to decide if squares or circles are more moral. People always say in retrospect about new technology 'they shouldn't have done this because I don't like the outcome' but how could they have known ahead of time and what would not doing it get them? There are very few cases when they really should have known better - leaded gasoline for instance.