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I think you're correct in recognizing that inanimate objects like guns or software do not have agency and cannot have moral value. The actors who use them shou
by stvswn 12y ago
I think you're correct in recognizing that inanimate objects like guns or software do not have agency and cannot have moral value. The actors who use them should be judged on the morality of the ends to which guns or Tor are the means. This doesn't mean that you can't advocate for the free use of one inanimate object and simultaneously advocate for the regulation of another. Just because I'm in favor of gun rights doesn't mean I have to be OK with nuclear-weapons rights or dangerous-exotic-animal rights.
There's another similarity between Tor and guns (at least in the US). Neither can be eliminated anyway, it's better to discuss how to manage their existence. Tor has no central server that can be shut down. Guns are durable hunks of metal that can be easily hidden, and they exist in huge quantities across the US and could never be confiscated.