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I don't see how this is a helpful way of looking at it. One engineer objects, and that gets handed to someone else while the manager prepares to fire said engin
by levythe 7y ago
I don't see how this is a helpful way of looking at it. One engineer objects, and that gets handed to someone else while the manager prepares to fire said engineer. All engineers object, and the team gets disbanded with the project getting handed to someone else. It ultimately falls on all shoulders, especially leadership, and singling out engineers just because they make the commit is, I think, reductive and ignorant of the systemic forces driving people to part take in evil.
- subjectHarold 7y agoThis is the Nuremburg defence. Afaik, it does not hold in modern court (in fact, there was a law to this effect as far back as Babylonia). So if you work at Facebook, and you do something illegal you are personally liable. And personally: I completely agree. It suggests a total lack of morals if you do something bad because someone gave you $100k or whatever. The above principle holds even in the army where you could reasonably be executed for failing to obey orders...that should put the "dilemma" facing Facebook engineers into perspective.
- malloreon 7y agoThose systemic forces, if real, don't force engineers to work at facebook. It's a choice they make every single day.
- levythe 7y agoFair point, but I stand by my statement that it is unhelpful to single out one party. It is the personal and collective responsibility of each person involved.
- AndrewUnmuted 7y agoIn fact, given FB's locations, it's almost inexcusable to work there since there are so many non-malignant choices of employer in these regions.