Comment by philipwhiuk
3 months ago
Maybe you're not the biggest fan precisely because the endgame of that statement is to develop a business without any moral grounding.
3 months ago
Maybe you're not the biggest fan precisely because the endgame of that statement is to develop a business without any moral grounding.
Gary's point is: sell what people are buying. But you think: that's immoral.
What about a functioning market is immoral?
You'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.
gary's point: embrace reality
your argument: but what about this hypothetical?
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If you think X is immoral, and a functioning market creates much more X, presumably that is what is immoral about a functioning market.
That's a choice. I can fish where the fish are without having to bait the hook with my soul.
If 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