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You and I may have different definitions of "malice". I define malice as deliberately harming someone without attaining an equal or greater benefit in return.
by munificent 4y ago
You and I may have different definitions of "malice".
I define malice as deliberately harming someone without attaining an equal or greater benefit in return.
Malice is setting someone's car on fire. Stealing someone's car is selfish and immoral, but not malicious in my definition.
- jacquesm 4y agoI just use the dictionary definition, it makes things easier: "Malice definition, desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness" The examples I've seen check all the boxes. They don't even see end users of these services as people, just as a potential source of revenues.
- munificent 4y agoThat definition aligns with my own. Note that the definition says that the "desire"—the intent—is the injury or harm itself. It's not malice if you steal someone's car because the point isn't to make them feel bad, the point is to acquire a car. I don't consider depersonalization to imply malice either. Depersonalization can make it easier to maliciously harm someone, but seeing a user as a potential source of revenue isn't malice. The intent isn't to harm them at all, the intent is to generate revenue. The harm is incidental.
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