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Re:Ex-Google workers sue company, saying it betrayed 'Don't ... by addingnumbers on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:59PM (#29387018)
My beliefs aside for the sake of argument, one could claim the evil all falls to the person devising that contraption and issuing the reward for that decision.
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Re:Ex-Google workers sue company, saying it betrayed 'Don't ... by SeanLuke on Monday November 29, 2021 @07:26PM (#29387223)
That seems to let one off the hook. Suppose that if person X dies you inherit his million-dollar wealth. We're out camping and you have the opportunity to do him in. So YOU'RE not evil in taking that opportunity: but rather, what, the campground is evil for making the opportunity happen, or the legal system is evil for permitting inheritance and not universal surveillance?
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