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Re:Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Pri... by foldr on Thursday July 18, 2019 @09:04AM (#20469297)
When companies like Amazon do things that are morally wrong, you never see people making this claim that moral concepts don't apply to companies. They only say it when it's convenient for them (i.e., when they want to take advantage of Amazon rather than vice versa).

To compare a company's actions to those of a mosquito strikes me as quite silly. Amazon is run by people who make conscious choices and who are responsible for their actions.

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Re:Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Pri... by na85 on Thursday July 18, 2019 @10:57AM (#20470481)
>When companies like Amazon do things that are morally wrong, you never see people making this claim that moral concepts don't apply to companies.

I see this all the time on HN.

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Re:Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Pri... by JetSpiegel on Sunday July 21, 2019 @09:48AM (#20491293)
> When companies like Amazon do things that are morally wrong

Companies don't "do things". The managers (and ultimately Bezos as the top manager) are the moral actors here. "Amazon" is just shortcut name for all the people that work there, this set is ever changing.

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Re:Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Pri... by Vraxx on Thursday July 18, 2019 @11:52AM (#20471082)
Also, that comparison is made specifically because companies have no morality and so if we want them to behave in any sort of way approximating our morals, they must be regulated to do so. Those comments are advocating a change in the way companies are treated in order to get them to behave in a more expected manner.
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Re:Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Pri... by foldr on Thursday July 18, 2019 @07:15PM (#20474909)
I don't follow. People also need to be regulated in order to behave morally. Companies are run by people and it's entirely possible for companies to take moral stands or deliberately decide to do the right thing even when it's not the most profitable thing. It might not happen as often as we'd like, but it certainly does happen.
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