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   Eliot Lear (eliotlear@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 17:22:51 JST Eliot Lear

   • hex

   @Hex If someone asks me to do something unethical, I will say that it is unethical and not do it. And I will face whatever consequences come with that refusal. That is the ethical thing to do.

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     Eliot Lear (eliotlear@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 17:22:50 JST Eliot Lear

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     • knack

     @knack No, that's not what I said. I said that lying is wrong. I didn't say resisting is wrong.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 17:22:50 JST Rich Felker

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     • knack

     @eliotlear @knack Lying is not only not wrong but an ethical mandate in many situations.

     Yes this requires unlearning. It required a lot for me. But the principle that lying is always or even usually wrong is extremely privileged and harms those who are less so.

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     knack (knack@aus.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 17:22:51 JST knack

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     @eliotlear "I refuse to personally march folks into camps, but I won't stop you if you want to do it" does not sound like a moral win to me.

     The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.