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Using this logic, people aren't allowed to be upset at anything, as long as it's a rational action within a system. This is a weird way to look at things! You
by jakelazaroff 8y ago
Using this logic, people aren't allowed to be upset at anything, as long as it's a rational action within a system. This is a weird way to look at things!
You can justify all sorts of reprehensible behavior this way. "Either be upset that the system incentivizes slavery, or be upset that the incentives against slavery failed." But definitely don't be upset at the slaveowners!
- _bxg1 8y agoExactly. Realistically, most large-scale businesses will amorally fill whatever set of incentives exist around them, and the most effective way to keep them from being destructive is to regulate. However, businesses are made of people, and those people still have a moral obligation to society, even if most of the ones at the top ignore it. Actions beyond moral shaming need to be taken, but one doesn't preclude the other.
- pathseeker 8y agoPlease explain what moral obligation you think Amazon was shirking by bringing massive tax revenue to NYC and far above average pay jobs.
- pathseeker 8y ago> Using this logic, people aren't allowed to be upset at anything, as long as it's a rational action within a system. This is a weird way to look at things! That's not what was said, at all. Be upset at your politicians. This is a democracy despite what the cynics say. The vast majority of people mad at Amazon don't even understand that they weren't being given very special treatment. Most of it came from existing state incentive programs.
- jakelazaroff 8y agoWhy not also be upset at Amazon? They're doing something many people consider unethical.