Comment by layman51
13 hours ago
I disagree, because there’s always a chunk of advertising that seems to be all about targeting low-income or people who aren’t financially savvy and I don’t think it’s ethical for an apparatus to take advantage of them.
I think if a product is harmful, advertising it should be banned. Alcohol, drugs, gambling ads should be banned.
That is a pretty simplistic, prohibitionist worldview.
What about food products that can be used to excess? What about cars or AI or vacations? All these products can be harmful when misused.
Those all pass the utilitarian calculation for me, goods greater than harm.
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