RE: Morality and downloading
April 17, 2015 at 9:11 am
(This post was last modified: April 17, 2015 at 9:12 am by Quatermass.)
(April 17, 2015 at 9:08 am)bennyboy Wrote: I have to say that after 15 pages, I find the "downloading is illegal" group more philosophically convincing. My own arguments weren't really moral ones-- more about whether I should care about being moral in a given context.
I guess I'd say it like this-- some acts are clearly immoral, but whether we should CARE about being moral in this or that context is another issue. Maybe we need a new word-- metamorality.
But downloading being illegal has little to do with morality (in the same way that murder and rape are) and everything to do with profit margins.