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Re:Show HN: Ethical Resources – 300 ethical alternatives to ... by Thomashuet on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @09:20AM (#19614269)
From their home page:

> What do we mean by ethical?

> We know that “ethical” isn’t an objective word — it can mean different things to different people.

> But for us, ethical means moving in the direction of least possible harm against other people, animals and the planet.

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Re:Show HN: Ethical Resources – 300 ethical alternatives to ... by thecopy on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @09:22AM (#19614287)
This just moves the definition into the definition of "harm against other people, animals and the planet"
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Re:Show HN: Ethical Resources – 300 ethical alternatives to ... by ekianjo on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @10:01AM (#19614679)
> But for us, ethical means moving in the direction of least possible harm against other people, animals and the planet.

Something that benefits humans is usually not good for the planet or for animals :-) It basically means nothing and everything.

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Re:Show HN: Ethical Resources – 300 ethical alternatives to ... by mancuso5 on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @10:10AM (#19614793)
The most basic ethical thing to do is simply being nice. Is that a popular thing on HN? :)
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Re:Show HN: Ethical Resources – 300 ethical alternatives to ... by dwighttk on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @10:16AM (#19614867)
Is it nice to return to your neighbor his sword you borrowed when you know he is very angry with another person and wants to kill them?
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Re:Show HN: Ethical Resources – 300 ethical alternatives to ... by mancuso5 on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @10:27AM (#19614990)
Wait, you’ve borrowed the sword to peel off some gigantic potatoes right? That’s nice!
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Re:Show HN: Ethical Resources – 300 ethical alternatives to ... by dwighttk on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @10:29AM (#19615014)
nah, I used it to untie the gordian knot oops... spoiler
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Re:Show HN: Ethical Resources – 300 ethical alternatives to ... by cblades on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @09:37AM (#19614440)
That's a useless definition when it comes to software and software services.

It's easy to think of good arguments for Twitter being ethical and unethical.

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