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Markets in-and-of themselves do not have ethics, but the outcomes of a market reflect the ethics of the consumers within it.
by magila 6y ago
Markets in-and-of themselves do not have ethics, but the outcomes of a market reflect the ethics of the consumers within it.
- chii 6y agoand so far, the markets have overwhelmingly voted in favour of profit over ethics.
- iheartnetwork 6y agoShareholders only care about profits, nothing else.
- alangpierce 6y agoCertainly many of them do, but there are also plenty of people who want to focus on investments that also have a positive impact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socially_responsible_investing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socially_responsible_investing One specific example of a robo-advisor that does this: https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-us/feature/socially-responsible-investing https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-us/feature/socially-responsi...
- asdff 6y agoIf you feed a bunch of vegetarians beef stew and they don't realize it, are you allowed to call them unethical hypocrites?
- magila 6y agoAs long as there was no attempt to misrepresent the content of the stew then the vegetarians are likely not actually as concerned about their diet as they may have claimed.