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MPhil

['Member']Joined: June 14, 2021 at 05:47Last active: October 25, 2021 at 07:41None discussions10 comments

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That, I think, is a more nuanced and achievable ethic. There's more than one way to play the Game of Thrones.
June 15, 2021 at 21:58
At 52, I definitely consider 'I will have to look for another job' to be effective duress.
June 15, 2021 at 11:26
Quite. To me, it's unfair to judge an employee for doing something under effective duress, when the employer is the effective agent involved.
June 15, 2021 at 02:30
You got any pointers on that?
June 14, 2021 at 11:09
That's really what the question hinges upon, though: what is necessary. I would not think that that was necessary either.
June 14, 2021 at 10:53
Yes, I think that most such problems are systemic. Of course, communism showed that one cannot design a society in just any way one wishes.
June 14, 2021 at 10:47
Yes, I think that that is a humane position to take.
June 14, 2021 at 08:44
Yes. But to what extent are the employees culpable for the immoral actions the company demands them to perform?
June 14, 2021 at 08:37
That's what I would be concerned about. Many people will not be in a position to be able to just quit a job and get another one without serious ramifi...
June 14, 2021 at 08:26
Was there any specific example, say, from the news that you had in mind? I find that the more real the examples get, the more reliable are the intuiti...
June 14, 2021 at 05:54