Ah. Ok, I will try again. I take it that when you ask whether this or that is *ethical*, you are asking not only for a result but also for a framework for interpreting that ethical result. As I suspect you would guess about me, I am uncertain that there is almost ever a *natural* choice of ethical framework, and so I am often left to rely on aesthetic choices when interpreting the ethics of a given situation[⊤]. Any ethics that I am willing to accept must not strictly do for others. There is the responsibility to honor one's self, compassion for one's self as well as others. Any ethics I can accept will inevitably present arbitrary choices whose resolution comes free of penalty, regardless.
Aesthetically, I side with *you having the liberty* to pitch in with your co-workers if you wish. It would be novel if you can come to an arrangement with your employer where you are laid off, thus collecting a more reasonable wage, all the while being allowed to continue your work[$]. It may also be the case, that there are better ways to support your co-workers once you at liberty to behave differently. Similar to the idea that one's vote doesn't matter, I tend to think that one's personal drain on the social infrastructure doesn't matter. I have friends that rely on food stamps to fund their artistic lives, and I cannot see blame for this. We are a civilization with tremendous abundance, and we need art, we need individuals following spiritual pursuits of all kinds. We need individuals who abstain. Additionally, I tend to reject the protestant compulsion to *make hay for hay's sake*, Earth has too many paperclips. To *knowingly lie* might be the only agency you have to do an ethical thing. While for you it is a lie, for the API you are interfacing with it is simply a POST or a GET. Invoice: 2¢ [⊤] I experience a similar aporia when asked about the *truth* of anything but the most tautological of propositions (true in all possible non-degenerate logics, say). [$] I feel something of an ethical responsibility to shrink the economic gap across our culture. -- Sent from: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/
