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lo_zamoyskiyesterday at 8:06 PM1 replyview on HN

It requires discernment, to be sure.

The Principle of Double Effect[0] is essential in such cases, because it helps determine when cooperation with evil is remote or proximate, and when such cooperation with evil is morally permissible.

[0] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/double-effect/


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onlyrealcuzzotoday at 3:11 AM

And Facebook is evil incarnate because some people hate while other people seem to like it just fine?

It's interesting how easy it is to define exactly how evil Facebook is and categorize each worker on an evil spectrum based on job title alone.

Who would have thought life was that simple!