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Re:Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished (2019) by dleslie on Saturday May 15, 2021 @04:44PM (#27168836)
It certainly is a bizarre argument. With absolution of guilt for wrongly held beliefs, one could engage in deplorable actions without a tinge of later guilt.

We all have a responsibility to question our beliefs, and what harm our actions cause.

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Re:Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished (2019) by marnett on Saturday May 15, 2021 @04:51PM (#27168895)
Yes we do have that responsibility and obligation. Reading his fallacious defense had me immediately thinking of the essay “The Ethics of Belief”[0].

[0] http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/Clifford_ethics.pdf

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Re:Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished (2019) by FpUser on Saturday May 15, 2021 @05:12PM (#27169074)
>"We all have a responsibility to question our beliefs, and what harm our actions cause."

Can you point me to any source that spells it in legal terms in relation to general public (not specific cases like food inspector)? Like some written law.

Also if existed think of what would such law would to to politicians unless they're specifically exempt.

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Re:Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished (2019) by dleslie on Saturday May 15, 2021 @05:30PM (#27169210)
Laws are not always rules for ethical behaviour, let alone the authoritative rules for ethical behaviour.
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Re:Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished (2019) by FpUser on Saturday May 15, 2021 @07:22PM (#27169853)
that was my point. you can blame the guy all you want but asking why he is not in jail was on a basis of ethics is not the brightest idea
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Re:Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished (2019) by dleslie on Saturday May 15, 2021 @07:48PM (#27169983)
We're discussing his absence of feeling guilt; not his legal culpability.
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Re:Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished (2019) by FpUser on Saturday May 15, 2021 @08:16PM (#27170130)
True, I misread it. My bad.
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