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godelski • today at 5:30 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

  > besides, if we don't do it, someone else will, and we're the good guys here".
It's funny that people justify themselves that way considering it's the literal phrase is discussed in every ethics 101 course... and not because a bunch of good people were saying it...

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bluefirebrand • today at 6:42 AM

If the comments on this website are any indication I'd wager a great many people in tech haven't spent even a single minute of their lives seriously thinking about ethics, nevermind studying ethics in a classroom

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9dev • today at 7:21 AM

Yep. From Putin to Kim Yong Un, everyone is convinced to be the good guy doing bad things for the right reasons.