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In the meantime do we do the right thing, or do we wait for the right solution? We fix the thing needing fixing right now with the tools we have.
by sitkack 6y ago
In the meantime do we do the right thing, or do we wait for the right solution?
We fix the thing needing fixing right now with the tools we have.
- chii 6y agoBut that's the problem - if some companies do the "right thing" (whatever that means), it lessens the pressure on society to establish this baseline. Companies shouldn't have to do the "right thing" - they're concern is to make money for their owners. They should follow the rules of society, but should not be expected to offer charity whenever something calamitous happens.
- anon_tor_12345 6y agoEveryone has to do the right thing. That's the categorical imperative.
- chii 6y agoBut if everyone must do the right thing, why not legislate it so that they will be enforced? Why give the illusion of choice between the right thing and the profitable thing?
- frongpik 6y agoSuch is the nature of "doing the right thing" - it must be a free will choice. This is not a matter of law, but a matter of maturity of society.
- stickfigure 6y agoPeople kill over disagreements about "the right thing". Your reduction is not meaningful or useful.
- anon_tor_12345 6y agoIt's not my reduction - the person I responded to used it and I coattailed