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What absolute nonsense. You could just as easily say "since Amazon performs well, the purpose of Amazon is performance". Anyway, intent and motivation are clea
by slibhb 5y ago
What absolute nonsense. You could just as easily say "since Amazon performs well, the purpose of Amazon is performance".
Anyway, intent and motivation are clearly relevant when we think about moral issues (such as cruelty). To suggest otherwise is absurd.
- bildung 5y agoIntent and motivation are describing human thought process. We can apply this metaphorically to corporations to illustrate a point, but corporations can't literally have motivations. Systems theory (and thus the above heuristic) describes entities like Amazon.
- 411111111111111 5y agoYou should think about the phrase "the way to hell is paved with good intentions" a little sometime. Intents and motivations are irrelevant when you look at their effect (which cruelty is). Heck even the worst dictator in known history had wanted to make the world a "better place" in his own, twisted way. Some things just aren't worth their price.
- slibhb 5y agoWow I didn't expect a reductio ad hitlerum in this thread. What is the "effect of Amazon" anyway? Surely Amazon has done a lot of good. It has created jobs, it has changed how people buy things. It has also done a lot of bad. It has made it harder for small indepdendent businesses, it has engaged in anticompetitive practices. How am I supposed to "sum up" Amazon's "overall effect"? Truthfully, I have no idea if Amazon is "good" or "bad" or "cruel" and neither does anyone else. The people making these claims confidently are posers.