  > besides, if we don't do it, someone else will, and we're the good guys here".

It's funny that people justify themselves that way considering it's the literal phrase is discussed in every ethics 101 course... and not because a bunch of good people were saying it...

▲ bluefirebrand 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If the comments on this website are any indication I'd wager a great many people in tech haven't spent even a single minute of their lives seriously thinking about ethics, nevermind studying ethics in a classroom

	▲	bdangubic an hour ago \| parent [-]
		- first 10 years of my career, ethics was last thing on my mind - second 10 years of my career, started seriously thinking about ethics - last 10 years of my career (including now) - would not work for Big Tech etc if they gave me 9-digit / year compensation package

▲ 9dev an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Yep. From Putin to Kim Yong Un, everyone is convinced to be the good guy doing bad things for the right reasons.