Thread: A moral dilemma
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Old 09-09-2011, 05:33 AM   #92
Ben Thornton
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But the primary question I'd ask is this: why on Earth didn't you have a backup of your data? Did you think "it'll never happen to me?" There are only two sorts of disks in the world - those that have crashed, and those which are about to crash.
This was answered further up the thread - the folder with the ebooks in was missing from the backup by mistake.

My 2c - there is no right answer, it depends on what you're comfortable doing.

I'm curious as to the distinction made between "morals" and "ethics" - is there a generally accepted difference? I would use them almost interchangeably. Perhaps ethics is a code of conduct, whereas morality is case by case? (e.g. is it morally right to break a code of ethics to save many people)
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