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Subject:Re: More ethics... From:"Michael West" <mike -dot- west -at- oz -dot- quest -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:33:25 +1000
"Bruce Byfield" <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> wrote in message news:118734 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
> Here's my reasoning: stealing is wrong because it harms other people. If
> someone steals $1000 from an unemployed person, you hurt them
> considerably. If you steal $1000 from Microsoft, which apparently banks
> a billion dollars per month, the company is not substantially hurt.
> ... if the degree of harm is the criterion for
> judging the seriousness of the act, then stealing from the unemployed
> person is the greater crime in ethical terms.
This is without logical basis. What if the unemployed person
I steal from, as a result of his misfortune, receives a job and
a cash gift from sympathizers? What "harm" has he suffered
then? Should my jail sentence be lightened in proportion to
the generosity of his benefactors?
And--trying desperately to find something relevant to technical
communication in this thread--does Bruce Byfield realize that he
has equated being unemployed with being poor? I know some
people without jobs who are far wealthier than I'll ever be, even
though I will be working for another 180 years or so just to make
ends meet.
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