Re:Synthetic diamonds are now purer, more beautiful, and che...
by plokiju on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @02:30PM
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In the case of diamonds, you have the choice of buying the exact same product with human suffering involved, or without. If there were a lab-grown iPhone on the market, of course I would choose it
Re:Synthetic diamonds are now purer, more beautiful, and che...
by dirtdobber on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @04:41PM
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https://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone-5
Or, is some level of human suffering ok for you to have the luxury of using an iPhone?
I think you're misunderstanding my point. My point was not that there's not human suffering in the diamond industry, nor that it isn't bad. My point is that you, a person that cannot afford expensive natural diamonds (speaking statistically here, I don't know you personally), probably should not cast moral judgments on others that can and do purchase expensive natural diamonds. This is due to the fact that you, a person that can afford a cell phone, chooses to purchase a cell phone, despite that industry experiencing similar levels of human suffering. Therefore, I am forced to believe that in the counterfactual world where you can afford expensive diamonds, you would buy them.