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> It's not necessarily an issue of morals I'm not sure if the original poster had this in mind, but Stallman's behavior in this regard would be hard to reconci
by SeanBoocock 7y ago
> It's not necessarily an issue of morals
I'm not sure if the original poster had this in mind, but Stallman's behavior in this regard would be hard to reconcile under a Kantian ethical framework [1].
1. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/#CatHypImp https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/#CatHypImp
- ikeboy 7y agoI don't think he would say it's ethically problematic for him to own a phone. He just prefers not to because he doesn't want to own a device that he cannot control. No Kantian issues, others need not share his preference.
- em-bee 7y agoright, if enough people share his preference they'll develop alternative tech to solve the communication problem. things like the wiphone which is wifi only. surely stallman would be fine to use that, just as he is fine to use a laptop with wifi. it means he needs to get wifi access to make calls but it would still solve the tracking problem.
- mcguire 7y agoTo expand, as I understand it, the Kantian ethical categorical imperative is something like, "behave as if what you do will be universal." Stallman's behavior requires enough people to not do what he does that he is not inconvenienced. If he's advocating not carrying a phone under the current situation, he shouldn't be asking to use someone else's.