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That's mostly the same point again. I was asking in the opposite direction. Do "good things" flow upstream? In your example it would be: would the producer sti
by delusional 1y ago
That's mostly the same point again. I was asking in the opposite direction. Do "good things" flow upstream?
In your example it would be: would the producer still be producing the unethically produced good without a seller?
Another way to form that question is the more general: does demand drive production, or does production drive demand? Will we buy whatever is produced or will we produce whatever we demand?
- zahlman 1y ago>would the producer still be producing the unethically produced good without a [buyer]? I don't think there's a clear yes or no to this, and I also don't consider this question relevant to my analysis.
- delusional 1y agoThank you for both correcting it and answering anyway, that's not a given on the internet :) I suppose I understand. It's a denial of philosophical realism (he wouldn't do that bad thing if it wasn't for me and therefore I'm part of that bad thing) in favor of idealism (no matter if I want the bad thing to happen, he shouldn't do it). I suppose I hold that same opinion when I advocate for intervening in the market to limit the supply of "bad stuff". I can respect that.