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I disagree strongly. Yes, in terms of benefit to yourself honesty may not pay off, but that's not why you should do it. You should be honest (and I try to be ho

by bigstrat2003 2mo ago

I disagree strongly. Yes, in terms of benefit to yourself honesty may not pay off, but that's not why you should do it. You should be honest (and I try to be honest) because it's shameful to be a deceitful person. Virtue actually matters, it's not all about getting ahead materially.

JSR_FDED 2mo ago
But what if you know you could make a materially positive impact for the company? Then wouldn’t it be virtuous to play their recruiting game in such a way that you could make that contribution ?
- bigstrat2003 2mo ago
  Depends on your school of ethical thought. If you're a consequentialist, sure. But I'm very much not a consequentialist, so I don't think that it's morally correct to do a bad thing in order to achieve good ends.