Re:Amazon investors nuke ethics overhaul and say yes to $212...
by chrisseaton on Thursday May 26, 2022 @04:07PM
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What's the morals of stopping two consenting parties paying each other whatever they want for something entirely legal?
Re:Amazon investors nuke ethics overhaul and say yes to $212...
by conductr on Thursday May 26, 2022 @03:21PM
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If you think it’s fair in an “economic” sense, consider that Amazon employs 1.1 million people. That’s a decent sized city and a very complex economy. Austin Texas for example is about 10% smaller and home of both Elon Musk and a large number of people who could be making more money at amazon’s lowest paying job.
I think too often people let the "morals" of the market replace actual human morals, and assume that because the market is "free" or essentially some uncontrollable algorithm, anything it does is moral by human standards. It's easy to throw your hands up and say "oh, well that's just what the market will bear" and assume all moral responsibility has been accounted for. But I disagree.