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>This is not a coherent position. By this logic, every single person who is _not_ making insulin (people like you and me) are also guilty of committing mass mur
by inflatableDodo 7y ago
>This is not a coherent position. By this logic, every single person who is _not_ making insulin (people like you and me) are also guilty of committing mass murder.
I don't think that is a particularly coherent position on my position.
- andrewla 7y agoThe way that I read what you wrote was that "charging too much for insulin is morally equivalent to murder". How much do you charge for insulin? Would they be less culpable if they stopped producing insulin completely? If another company (say GSK or TEVA) has the technical ability to produce insulin, but doesn't, are they murderers?
- inflatableDodo 7y agoFor many diabetics, insulin is about as vital as water. If I have somehow ended up with an effective monopoly on water, would it be murder to price out all the poor? Would it be murder to stop all access to water? Am I allowed to point to other people and say, well they are not producing water? Or am I morally culpable for my own actions, regardless of the actions of others?