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Which we have a descriptive word for: unethical. The colorful word would be: disgusting

by earthscienceman 5y ago

sterlind 5y ago
"When the rockets go up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department, says Werner von Braun." ~ Tom Lehrer
- ASalazarMX 5y ago
  "Don't say that he's hypocritical, Say rather that he's apolitical"
flyinglizard 5y ago
There’s nothing unethical about a scientist working on weapon development for their country in the middle of a war. Imagine it’s 1935 and you lack the modern perspective. I mean you might not like it, but I don’t think there’s an ethical violation here.
- FridayoLeary 5y ago
  I think it's beyond barbaric to calmly send a request for more slaves (Jews other minorities) for the factory work, due to them inconveniently dying too fast. Because of the inhuman working conditions. I read that he did that all. He wasn't merely a patriotic, unaffected scientist, he played a part in the holocaust.
- FridayoLeary 5y ago
  I think it's barbaric to calmly send a request for more slaves (Jews other minorities) for the factory work, due to them inconveniently dying too fast. Because of the inhuman working conditions. I read that he did that all. He wasn't merely a patriotic, unaffected scientist, he played a part in the holocaust.
  - flyinglizard 5y ago
    You’re moving the goalposts - the subject discussed was the participation of scientists in weapon programs. He might have been a scum (I think it’s trivializing what happened in Germany at that time, I digress), but his participation in the war effort is not unethical in itself. Thousands of kilometers away, other scientists toiled on a weapon that makes all the weapons the Nazis developed seem benign.
- earthscienceman 5y ago
  I'm not sure what world you live in where saying "I don't care if I'm making missiles for Germany or the USA" is not an ethical violation and is somehow patriotism... but I don't want to live in it with you.
  - flyinglizard 5y ago
    You’re being unfair by enforcing a modern perspective, shaped by the victors, on an enemy from 80 years ago. Were Soviet weapons scientists unethical too?
fnord77 5y ago
maybe "amoral"

Which we have a descriptive word for: unethical. The colorful word would be: disgusting

sterlind 5y ago

"When the rockets go up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department, says Werner von Braun." ~ Tom Lehrer

ASalazarMX 5y ago
"Don't say that he's hypocritical, Say rather that he's apolitical"

flyinglizard 5y ago

There’s nothing unethical about a scientist working on weapon development for their country in the middle of a war. Imagine it’s 1935 and you lack the modern perspective. I mean you might not like it, but I don’t think there’s an ethical violation here.

FridayoLeary 5y ago
I think it's beyond barbaric to calmly send a request for more slaves (Jews other minorities) for the factory work, due to them inconveniently dying too fast. Because of the inhuman working conditions. I read that he did that all. He wasn't merely a patriotic, unaffected scientist, he played a part in the holocaust.
FridayoLeary 5y ago
I think it's barbaric to calmly send a request for more slaves (Jews other minorities) for the factory work, due to them inconveniently dying too fast. Because of the inhuman working conditions. I read that he did that all. He wasn't merely a patriotic, unaffected scientist, he played a part in the holocaust.
- flyinglizard 5y ago
  You’re moving the goalposts - the subject discussed was the participation of scientists in weapon programs. He might have been a scum (I think it’s trivializing what happened in Germany at that time, I digress), but his participation in the war effort is not unethical in itself. Thousands of kilometers away, other scientists toiled on a weapon that makes all the weapons the Nazis developed seem benign.
earthscienceman 5y ago
I'm not sure what world you live in where saying "I don't care if I'm making missiles for Germany or the USA" is not an ethical violation and is somehow patriotism... but I don't want to live in it with you.
- flyinglizard 5y ago
  You’re being unfair by enforcing a modern perspective, shaped by the victors, on an enemy from 80 years ago. Were Soviet weapons scientists unethical too?

fnord77 5y ago

maybe "amoral"