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I personally don't subscribe to this line of thinking, but a a fair share of people figure that it would happen anyway. So if someone is going to do it, then w
by noxToken 8y ago
I personally don't subscribe to this line of thinking, but a a fair share of people figure that it would happen anyway. So if someone is going to do it, then why not make sure you're the one to profit from it?
- buckminster 8y agoIf I choose not to do evil then less evil is done in total. The amoral person who takes the Facebook job is not doing whatever evil they would have been doing instead.
- pier25 8y agoI doubt that's the case. If there is a market it will be exploited by someone. The solution is to regulate the market so that Facebook cannot do whatever it is doing.
- buckminster 8y agoI don't see a contradiction. If I avoid doing evil less evil will be done. And if we outlaw a particular kind of evil that will likely reduce the incidence of that kind of evil. Both things are helpful.
- pier25 8y ago> If I avoid doing evil less evil will be done. On short term, maybe. The possibility of doing evil to customers is proportional to the market size, much like in the drug business.