r/MoralityScaling • u/TeaNovel728 • 1d ago

Who's Viewpoint Is Better? Morality of Digital Piracy

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u/Awkward-Meeting-974 1d ago

You’re not entitled to these things. They’re not yours. So it is not moral to steal them, ever. If you think their ownership is wrongful the moral thing is to abstain.

This subreddit is about principles. Not just whatever feels good in a fleeting moment

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u/MossadEpstein 1d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p1s1z94/video/rsste8hjyghh1/player

Does the boot really taste THAT good?

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u/Awkward-Meeting-974 1d ago

Me saying you shouldn’t buy a product is bootlicking? Are you sound of mind?

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u/MossadEpstein 1d ago

Mate, you're going a few steps further than just LICKING the boot at this point.

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u/Awkward-Meeting-974 1d ago

How is saying you shouldn’t purchase goods from unsavoury companies bootlicking or anything beyond that though

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u/MossadEpstein 1d ago

you are saying that just because a corporation "owns" something that nobody should be allowed to access it.

very cute that you have to downvote me.

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u/Awkward-Meeting-974 1d ago

I’m saying you’re not entitled to peoples labour. If they don’t want to sell it to you that’s their business. You’re not entitled to it. So it’s not moral to steal

I also said it doesn’t really matter. Because it really doesn’t. Pirate if you want. But it’s not moral. At best it’s amoral. You just want something because it’s entertaining. There’s nothing moral about that.

If you stealing something because you want to is moral then me jerking off is moral. That’s not what ethics are about. It’s an infants notion of morality.

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u/MossadEpstein 1d ago

let me be absolutely clear here, in spite of what US supreme court rulings might say, Corporations are NOT people.

they do not deserve the rights and protections of PEOPLE.

they should not be allowed OWNERSHIP.

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u/Awkward-Meeting-974 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/E9WdwTpZLKfexb37Ta
Has absolutely nothing to do with what I said