Re:Amazon as experiment
by ben509 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @01:03PM
(#20576109)
> Some people truly believe in the LPs. Some people truly believe they can be used to get ahead and justify whatever actions they want to do.
They can be the same people. There's an incoherence in any ethical system based on a set of values.
The false justification isn't necessarily intentional. Motivated reasoning[1] is a natural cognitive bias, so while you're cherry-picking values that support your desired ends, it doesn't feel like you're doing it.
A better way to approach the LPs is to recognize that they're smart business practices, but that they're subordinate to professional ethics, which in turn are subordinate to a moral code.
They can be the same people. There's an incoherence in any ethical system based on a set of values.
The false justification isn't necessarily intentional. Motivated reasoning[1] is a natural cognitive bias, so while you're cherry-picking values that support your desired ends, it doesn't feel like you're doing it.
A better way to approach the LPs is to recognize that they're smart business practices, but that they're subordinate to professional ethics, which in turn are subordinate to a moral code.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivated_reasoning