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Knowingly manufacturing a product that has such a high risk of causing cancer as do cigarettes is certainly unethical in my opinion. But today when that risk is
by codetrotter 8y ago
Knowingly manufacturing a product that has such a high risk of causing cancer as do cigarettes is certainly unethical in my opinion. But today when that risk is known to consumers (as opposed to in the past when it was not) it is ultimately the responsibility of anyone that decide to start smoking today when doing so ends up giving them cancer.
I say this as someone who is a low volume consumer of another tobacco product (Swedish snus) that is also bad for my health and which also has a risk of giving me a form of cancer (oral cancer). I am betting on the fact that I keep my use of the product on the low end to save me. But I accept the fact that I am to blame if this ends up giving me cancer.
- natch 8y agoAutopilot arguably prevents more accidents and deaths than it causes, just to keep this in perspective. So the tobacco analogies can only go so far here.
- gamblor956 8y agoKeep this in perspective: based on the number of avoidable deaths in Tesla cars driving on Autopilot in otherwise favorable conditions, its arguable that Autopilot causes more accidents and deaths than it avoids, especially given that Autopilot is used in the lowest-risk driving conditions.