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Safety is about unintentional harm to yourself or others. Ethics largely concern themselves with intentional behavior.
by JackFr 1y ago
Safety is about unintentional harm to yourself or others. Ethics largely concern themselves with intentional behavior.
- mitthrowaway2 1y agoHmm, that's a very good distinction. But I think there's still a large overlap in which safety can include the prevention of intentional harm, not only accidents. For example, traffic bollards can stop a vehicle that has lost control, as well as stopping a deliberate ramming attack. There is no question that they are a safety feature but ethics doesn't really factor into it. People might debate cost-benefits but nobody really debates "shouldn't we allow trucks to ram their way into schools and hospital lobbies?"