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Morals and ethics are great but insufficient. In a system with an absence of consequences for unethical and immoral behavior - in fact, with the presence of inc
by LeifCarrotson 5y ago
Morals and ethics are great but insufficient. In a system with an absence of consequences for unethical and immoral behavior - in fact, with the presence of incentives for those behaviors - even if 99% of the participants are sufficiently morally motivated to reject the siren song of wealth and power (which is a stretch) there will always be a few narcissistic, greedy, power-hungry sociopaths with an excess of inherited wealth that will trample all over your utopia.
It's useful to suggest that everyone behave morally, if more did so the world would be a better place. But it's unwise to build a system where that suggestion is the only check on bad behavior.