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Maybe you're not the biggest fan precisely because the endgame of that statement is to develop a business without any moral grounding.
by philipwhiuk 11mo ago
Maybe you're not the biggest fan precisely because the endgame of that statement is to develop a business without any moral grounding.
- engineer_22 11mo agoGary's point is: sell what people are buying. But you think: that's immoral. What about a functioning market is immoral?
- munificent 11mo agoYou're still responsible for the consequences of what you produce and sell. Surely you would agree that making landmines simply because there are people who want to buy them would be an immoral choice.
- engineer_22 11mo agogary's point: embrace reality your argument: but what about this hypothetical?
- johnnyanmac 11mo agoYour argument: "I have no morals, why is everyone arguing about them?" You do you, but let's not act in bad faith and dismiss others dispositions.
- duskdozer 11mo agoIf you think X is immoral, and a functioning market creates much more X, presumably that is what is immoral about a functioning market.
- rglover 11mo agoThat's a choice. I can fish where the fish are without having to bait the hook with my soul.
- johnnyanmac 11mo agoIf the fish are in a natural reserve, then you pretty much pit your soil on the line. We're missing that detail here and treating it as if this is the difference between one lake or another