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The strange part is how moral responsibility somehow always lands on the builders... the people with the least leverage... while the funders get to ask the ethi
by ctoth 4mo ago
The strange part is how moral responsibility somehow always lands on the builders... the people with the least leverage... while the funders get to ask the ethical questions. Weird!
- erikerikson 4mo agoI agree that holding only the concrete implementers responsible would be inappropriate. However, I don't believe that distinction is made. One says "I am building a house" even if they are completely contracting the job out. I'd suggest the greatest responsibility lays with the funders and that the Pope would agree.
- ThrowawayR2 4mo agoNo, we don't have to take the funders' money; that's what having professional standards means. Nobody would excuse a doctor performing unsafe procedures because they "needed the money". Engineers were jailed for the Volkswagen emissions tampering scandal and nobody would excuse them for needing to take funders' money.
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- jeremyjh 4mo agoThe funders are among the principal builders in this context. This is addressing the people who have a say in what is built, and how it is built. Much of that belongs to the executive and ownership class, but not all of it.
- hodgesrm 4mo agoMark Zuckerberg is a builder in the context of the encyclical.
- arter45 4mo agoIt lands on both. "It was just a job" or "I was just following orders" doesn't excuse you from doing unethical stuff.
- jimbokun 4mo agoI’m only through the introduction but this encyclical makes clear everyone bears some responsibility to act, including but not limited to the builders.
- lishzen 4mo agoUsers are responsible, too
- alok-g 4mo agoWho do you consider to be by-and-large, overall, more intelligent? Who then is more capable of exercising intelligence towards figuring out what's actually good?
- aerodexis 4mo agoJust following orders huh...