Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoI Work For an Evil [Tech] Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Personwww.mcsweeneys.netexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down14
arrow-up1163arrow-down1external-linkI Work For an Evil [Tech] Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Personwww.mcsweeneys.netAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareVeganBtw@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down10·2 months agoThis is just moral luck. My opinion is that your work was very unethical from the get-go and you just happened to be happy with the outcome. It’s like saying you are ashamed of speeding in your car, until some day, when you crashed into Elon Musk.
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months ago My opinion is that your work was very unethical from the get-go Calling any form of military “unethical” is the absolute peak level of clueless wishful thinking.
minus-squareLumisal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI think it depends on whether you work on actual defense systems rather than assault systems. Anti missile systems for example.
This is just moral luck. My opinion is that your work was very unethical from the get-go and you just happened to be happy with the outcome. It’s like saying you are ashamed of speeding in your car, until some day, when you crashed into Elon Musk.
Calling any form of military “unethical” is the absolute peak level of clueless wishful thinking.
I think it depends on whether you work on actual defense systems rather than assault systems.
Anti missile systems for example.