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No, it does not – for two reasons: - Two wrongs don't make a right: Someone behaving unethical does not excuse unethical behavior from someone else. - Ther
by eivarv 4y ago
No, it does not – for two reasons:
- Two wrongs don't make a right: Someone behaving unethical does not excuse unethical behavior from someone else.
- There is a difference in the power dynamics of the relationships: Consumer and service provider VS citizen and state.
If anything, laws and right should be strengthened to explicitly ban this behavior.
- int_19h 4y agoYou may disagree with that justification, sure. The point is that there are people who are convinced by it.
- eivarv 4y agoWhether people are convinced or not – your claim was that it provided "justification". My point is that it does no such thing – it doesn't hold up as a valid argument (which really is the bare minimum for something to even be considered as potentially true).
- int_19h 4y ago"Justification", like "legitimacy", is a subjective measure.