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maus42 | 8 years ago

As many others commented elsewhere, moral relativism is not very robust ethical system in a global community.

If you ever have kids, why would you teach them some morals over others? Would you teach that some moral standard (pick any! say, "it's not generally okay to steal others' stuff") would just stop by the virtue that they just happen move to different jurisdiction where the government is not interested in e.g. property rights? Or it is okay that just the natives of Thiefmark have their stuff stolen by others? Can you go and take their stuff with you to Hobbiton, given they live in Thiefmark and King Thiofden is not going to punish you for that? What if the raiders of Rohan move to your neighborhood?

This is a different issue whether it makes sense or is productive in the long term to fight against the Chinese law in some particular way. But sensible ethical systems are universal.

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Spooky23|8 years ago

I don't disagree, but I won't walk into the home of an acquaintance and tell him why he's wrong either.

There's obviously a line there. But a computer company isn't going to win against a police state.