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Originally Posted by Mujokan
. . . really one side believes in "rules-based morality" and the other believes in "consequences of actions" morality
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Really?
Really, I think everyone, on a board like this, believes that consequences of action are the number one factor.
Most people get to the point, on some issues, where they find consequences insufficient for coming up with livable standards, so rules aspects (and, I fear, self-interest) have to be thrown in at the margins.
Also mixing this up is that the correlation between being a theoretical consequences purist and a piracy apologist, although one exists, is weak.
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in my opinion the best thing to do is look at statistics on piracy and see how much harm it does, and compare that to the benefits it provides. Ars Technica has done some articles in this vein.
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They can do all the articles they want, but the usually surreptitious nature of piracy leads to focus on statistics of minimal importance, just because they are available.