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One simple ethical rule that I live by: If I ever find myself saying “if I don’t do this, somebody else will”, I don’t do the thing. It’s a good indicator tha

One simple ethical rule that I live by: If I ever find myself saying “if I don’t do this, somebody else will”, I don’t do the thing. It’s a good indicator that the thing in question is the wrong thing to do. Other people will still do it. That’s true. There will always be evil people in this world. But it won’t be me. And that’s important.

radium3d 7y ago
uhh wouldn't that mean you don't do anything? Not everything you don't do is evil ;)
julkali 7y ago
A very noble approach, however in the life of business, moral has no place. Which is very unfortunate in my opinion. I couldn't imagine how the world would look like if everyone thought the way you do...
- Calloutman 7y ago
  Doing something legal but immoral to boost your profit margins is by definition immoral. I don't know how some ceos sleep at night.
  - anoncake 7y ago
    People who don't sleep at night when they do immoral things don't tend to become CEOs.
  - Xelbair 7y ago
    Probably on stacks of money. In capitalism system everything is equated to money: ethics, success, self-worth. To be exact, it is tied to short term earnings.
koonsolo 7y ago
I remember a documentary about drug dealers, and these were the exact words that they used to justify their deeds: "If I don't do it, someone else will, so it makes no difference".
netcan 7y ago
That's a good and reasonable personal ethic, but it transfers into a (imo) poor, even disingenuous public discourse. Let's say we're talking about the clickbait/trolling problem in political discourse. We can berate some prominent individual, but that individual is inevitable. If she wasn't doing the clickbait, someone else would be and we'd be beratying them. Focusing on the individual when a problem is systemic can be empty, righteous moralising.
- ClutchBand 7y ago
  The individuals come together to create a society with rules. To be a part of society one must follow those rules. Ethics, to me, have a place there, and it would be better in all cases to establish those rules or norms in your society, or your culture, rather than regressive actions like banning something.
  - netcan 7y ago
    Bans are a type of rule/norm.
m3kw9 7y ago
Is case by case, in this case if they think is so bad, say selling hard drugs, should be a ban. Facial recognition banned is like AI banned under the same reasonings. Others will be doing it.

radium3d 7y ago

uhh wouldn't that mean you don't do anything? Not everything you don't do is evil ;)

julkali 7y ago

A very noble approach, however in the life of business, moral has no place. Which is very unfortunate in my opinion. I couldn't imagine how the world would look like if everyone thought the way you do...

Calloutman 7y ago
Doing something legal but immoral to boost your profit margins is by definition immoral. I don't know how some ceos sleep at night.
- anoncake 7y ago
  People who don't sleep at night when they do immoral things don't tend to become CEOs.
- Xelbair 7y ago
  Probably on stacks of money. In capitalism system everything is equated to money: ethics, success, self-worth. To be exact, it is tied to short term earnings.

koonsolo 7y ago

I remember a documentary about drug dealers, and these were the exact words that they used to justify their deeds: "If I don't do it, someone else will, so it makes no difference".

netcan 7y ago

That's a good and reasonable personal ethic, but it transfers into a (imo) poor, even disingenuous public discourse. Let's say we're talking about the clickbait/trolling problem in political discourse. We can berate some prominent individual, but that individual is inevitable. If she wasn't doing the clickbait, someone else would be and we'd be beratying them. Focusing on the individual when a problem is systemic can be empty, righteous moralising.

ClutchBand 7y ago
The individuals come together to create a society with rules. To be a part of society one must follow those rules. Ethics, to me, have a place there, and it would be better in all cases to establish those rules or norms in your society, or your culture, rather than regressive actions like banning something.
- netcan 7y ago
  Bans are a type of rule/norm.

m3kw9 7y ago

Is case by case, in this case if they think is so bad, say selling hard drugs, should be a ban. Facial recognition banned is like AI banned under the same reasonings. Others will be doing it.