MIT's student newspaper criticizes MIT's convenience-based ethics

Re:MIT's student newspaper criticizes MIT's convenience-base... by rayiner on Friday April 06, 2018 @07:48AM (#16772473)

> This idea that it is unethical to build weapons is profoundly wrong, short sighted, and morally selfish.

Right. Anything unethical about building photon torpedoes for the federation? No.

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Re:MIT's student newspaper criticizes MIT's convenience-base... by darawk on Friday April 06, 2018 @11:38AM (#16774044)

I didn't say it was unethical to build weapons for anyone. I said it wasn't unethical to help build them at all. We don't live in a vacuum. If you don't build weapons for the side you prefer, someone else will for the side they prefer. And if all the 'good' people don't support the side they like, guess which side gets all the weapons? If you don't have any 'ethical' people in the military, guess who makes all the decisions? This is really so easy to think through, and the only moral conclusion is pretty clear.

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Re:MIT's student newspaper criticizes MIT's convenience-base... by rayiner on Friday April 06, 2018 @01:38PM (#16775315)

I was agreeing with you.

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Re:MIT's student newspaper criticizes MIT's convenience-base... by darawk on Friday April 06, 2018 @01:41PM (#16775345)

Ah sorry. Not up on my star trek references :).

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