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This is an interesting way to look at it, thank you. However, I do think that there are certain norms, that when violated, deserve to be called out. By calling
by mkmk 8y ago
This is an interesting way to look at it, thank you.
However, I do think that there are certain norms, that when violated, deserve to be called out. By calling them out, we help enforce the norms that are important to us.
For me, the norm that was violated here was "don't use the fact that you are treating disabled people decently as a way to elevate your business," which is a subset of a larger norm of "don't use disadvantaged members of our society for personal gain".
Pitching this story to the press (which Amazon certainly did) is different than doing the good deed itself, and the positive benefit to their business for doing this seems like it shouldn't outweigh the social norm that has been violated. Surely there are positive moral things they have done (some recycling initiative?) that don't rely on violating the norms I listed above.
- natalyarostova 8y agoI guess the higher order question we may be disagreeing on is "Is it okay to use disadvantaged people for personal gain, if in doing so you also improve their state in life? I would answer (not enthusiastically) that it is okay.