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Even if nobody wanted to work for them, they'd just offer even better salaries until people did. Punish the politicians who allow this unethical software. Puni
by c7DJTLrn 6y ago
Even if nobody wanted to work for them, they'd just offer even better salaries until people did.
Punish the politicians who allow this unethical software. Punish the CEOs and managers who make it happen. But don't punish the guys on the ground just making a living.
- stale2002 6y ago> Even if nobody wanted to work for them, they'd just offer even better salaries until people did. Well then that is all the more justification for discriminating against them, for ethical reasons, right? They were highly compensated. Therefore, there is no problem with discriminating against them for ethical reasons.
- hobs 6y ago"Superior Orders" has been a tried and tested excuse - it doesn't work. If your shitty software harms people you don't just get to throw up your arms and shrug.
- macintux 6y agoThere’s a huge gap between concentration camps and software that can be misused by administrators to wrongly punish students. If I had to feed my kids and had no other options, I wouldn’t shoot civilians, but I might well work for a software company where I had qualms about the output. In fact, it’s hard (probably impossible) to find any large company that doesn’t have some negative impact on the world.
- hobs 6y agoYes there is, just like there's a huge difference in the amount of disdain I would apply between those two activities. Either way you dont get to eject your agency and involvement.