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> it's still your responsibility. it's not, in the sense of social darwinian competition. If i stand to lose money, or have to sacrifice something in order to
by chii 3y ago
> it's still your responsibility.
it's not, in the sense of social darwinian competition.
If i stand to lose money, or have to sacrifice something in order to be "moral" when my "competitor" doesn't and thus gain an advantage towards me, i cannot be moral.
That's why my rule is: if it's not illegal, it's moral.
- Retric 3y agoMortality optimizes across longer time horizons than this individual moment. If you can steal something and with very high probability not get caught then there’s seemingly a net benefit. However, if you start to steal regularly the odds you get caught are much higher than the most common probability * the number of times you steal. This is true across a wide range of unethical behavior. Try to remember you lack perfect information and so can’t accurately judge the odds every time. Thus regularly taking low probability risks to your reputation and chances are you’re going to miss judge some of those risks. Heuristics like this aren’t perfect, but it’s easy to underestimate how valuable a positive reputation is.
- NegativeK 3y agoThat sounds like a dystopian hellscape.
- 20after4 3y agoIt's the dystopian hellscape that we live in.
- JPws_Prntr_Fngr 3y agoK, omw to bang your wife
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- burnished 3y agoFirst, that isnt a system of morality. But moving past that I think you've missed some nuance on morals (or more generally social norms) - they help prevent the degenerate race to the bottom you're referencing. Its upsetting but pragmatic to nullify relative advantage by engaging in shitty behavior, but if you're frequently justifying behavior by citing hypothetical competitors then you're just shitting the place up for everyone by starting that race.
- dang 3y agoPlease don't post flamebait to HN.