> But what would have happen in that case if Jerry or Anil had quit in protest? Some other dude would have taken their place. And those other people would be j

> But what would have happen in that case if Jerry or Anil had quit in protest? Some other dude would have taken their place. And those other people would be just as responsible if they fail to refuse. > It is not true that science marches on in defiance of human will, independent of human will, that just is not the case. But it is comfortable, as I said: it leads to the position that "if I don't do it, someone else will." > Of course if one takes that as an ethical principle then obviously it can serve as a license to do anything at all. "People will be murdered; if I don't do it, someone else will." "Women will be raped; if I don't do it, someone else will." -- Joseph Weizenbaum