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People do amoral stuff all the time, even those who claim they have high morals. What most morals are is boils down to what behavior is acceptable and benefici
by dogma1138 6y ago
People do amoral stuff all the time, even those who claim they have high morals.
What most morals are is boils down to what behavior is acceptable and beneficial or to be more exact the set of incentives and repercussions that society enforces.
No one can really argue that downloading a movie or a songs is an objectively moral act, however most people can easily justify it as a victimless crime, some even justify it by claiming that the entertainment industry itself is immoral.
What you essentially have is people with targets and an incentive structure that is misaligned with what you or society at large consider to be moral.
If a business can make a large sum of money by doing something against the rules and the punishment is smaller than the profits it will essentially always lead to “amoral” behavior.
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