Re:Is Norway the New East India Company?
by dathinab on Saturday July 24, 2021 @04:20PM
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> "If we don't do it, someone else will." It can be used to justify any kind of unethical activities,
No, not really.
> Norwegian oil becomes friendly for the environment.
There is a difference between something being friendly for the environment and blindly doing changes without considering there global implication not being help full and maybe even harmful. The world is not black and white.
> magical thinking
I would call it considering the effects of you actions before acting. Instead of blindly acting based on ideology not matter if it's actually helpful or not for the end goal of the ideology.
> If I didn't steal your wallet, someone else would've done it,
Which is a good example of why you can't reason arbitrary bad things with the argument. Because most likely no on else would have stolen your wallet. There is a very big difference between creating arbitrary hypothetical situations and considering realistic very likely consequences of actions.
No, not really.
> Norwegian oil becomes friendly for the environment.
There is a difference between something being friendly for the environment and blindly doing changes without considering there global implication not being help full and maybe even harmful. The world is not black and white.
> magical thinking
I would call it considering the effects of you actions before acting. Instead of blindly acting based on ideology not matter if it's actually helpful or not for the end goal of the ideology.
> If I didn't steal your wallet, someone else would've done it,
Which is a good example of why you can't reason arbitrary bad things with the argument. Because most likely no on else would have stolen your wallet. There is a very big difference between creating arbitrary hypothetical situations and considering realistic very likely consequences of actions.