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iLoveOncalltoday at 3:34 PM3 repliesview on HN

Yeah me too, but I don't claim that they're a moral good.


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beej71today at 3:47 PM

It depends on what you consider to be a moral good. Some people feel that the world's information is getting locked down in the name of profit to the detriment of humankind. AA is providing knowledge to people who would otherwise not be able to get it. From that viewpoint, it's immoral to try to shut AA down.

OTOH, if you think that AA is robbing creators and publishers of their hard-earned proceeds, and that loss is greater than the loss to humanity from the destruction of AA, then you wouldn't think AA was a moral good.

Of course, it's all gray in the middle.

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goolztoday at 3:41 PM

They provide the world with an invaluable service at the expense of their freedom. Seems incredibly noble and good to me. Especially considering the current climate.

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animuchantoday at 4:01 PM

We don't have to have the same exact moral systems of course, but this is curious: if we (collectively!) support the thing, why not claim it's good?

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