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Re:Backpage Raided, CEO Arrested on Sex-Trafficking Charges by cwillu on Friday October 07, 2016 @11:53AM (#12661600)
Consider the possibility that a few moments of compassionate reflection have lead Alice to conclude that when Bob says he loves what he does, it's not because Mallory is forcing him to say that.

It's all well and good to say that it's against your own morals, but as soon as you start defending that on the basis of the consequences, you're conceding the "but it's just morally wrong!" argument. And in general, we (okay, at least I, as I can believe that you wouldn't necessarily agree here) laud societies that have transitioned from deontological to consequentialist ethics.

Re:Backpage Raided, CEO Arrested on Sex-Trafficking Charges by empthought on Friday October 07, 2016 @12:30PM (#12661930)
> And in general, we (okay, at least I, as I can believe that you wouldn't necessarily agree here) laud societies that have transitioned from deontological to consequentialist ethics.

If you want to get all academic about it, I am coming from a position of virtue ethics, which is why I am focused on the vicious men who purchase sex, and to a lesser extent other people who are explicitly or implicitly defending those men's actions.

Re:Backpage Raided, CEO Arrested on Sex-Trafficking Charges by empthought on Friday October 07, 2016 @11:57AM (#12661635)
So one happy prostitute is worth a thousand unhappy prostitutes, gotcha.
Re:Backpage Raided, CEO Arrested on Sex-Trafficking Charges by cwillu on Friday October 07, 2016 @12:00PM (#12661669)
[Sorry, ninja edited underneath you.]

And all the more if it's a billion prostitutes in an eternity of misery supported by a malevolent AI!

Alternatively, Alice could consider the possibility that Bob is not, in fact, an idiot.