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Is there an alternative that you feel works better? The most common alternative that I can see is "you can do whatever you want as long as it follows the lette
by harimau777 7y ago
Is there an alternative that you feel works better?
The most common alternative that I can see is "you can do whatever you want as long as it follows the letter of the law". However, that doesn't seem to work well either.
- tsimionescu 7y agoI'm not sure I understand what you mean. The question I was essentially answering was 'how can we tell whether an action was "good" or not?'. Rather than looking at the intentions of the author, I think you need to look at the effects, or some proxy thereof (are people I know poorer/richer? How many people died because of this action? Or whatever else is easily measurable and pertinent)