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Re:Was it wrong to hack and leak the Panama Papers? by cmdrfred on Monday April 11, 2016 @12:44PM (#11472903)
If the net effect was good then the action was good.
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Re:Was it wrong to hack and leak the Panama Papers? by chopin on Monday April 11, 2016 @01:24PM (#11473355)
The ends justify the means? The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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Re:Was it wrong to hack and leak the Panama Papers? by cmdrfred on Monday April 11, 2016 @01:40PM (#11473525)
Platitudes like that are how intelligent people trick themselves out of doing what is necessary.
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Re:Was it wrong to hack and leak the Panama Papers? by shitgoose on Monday April 11, 2016 @01:14PM (#11473246)
Crime and Punishment is a thick book, there must be a Reader's Digest version somewhere. Try it.
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Re:Was it wrong to hack and leak the Panama Papers? by HelloRipley on Monday April 11, 2016 @01:19PM (#11473283)
The poster you are responding to is making a utilitarian moral argument. You are referencing a novel that explores the a common source of crime (poverty) and the chain of events that follows.

I don't see the connection. :-S

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Re:Was it wrong to hack and leak the Panama Papers? by shitgoose on Monday April 11, 2016 @06:19PM (#11475615)
The novel that I am referencing explores the possibility of justifying the crime by good intentions. I think there is a bit of connection there.

(spoiler alert - this utilitarian moral argument didn't work too well for Rodion)

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Re:Was it wrong to hack and leak the Panama Papers? by awinter-py on Monday April 11, 2016 @02:30PM (#11473963)
argument, meet counterexample
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