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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Probably fine if you are the janitor. If you are the engineer in charge of maximising "effectiveness" of weaponry well....

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I'm going to disagree on that one. Anything to do that helps enabling it is morally wrong.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Paying taxes? Most of that goes to military spending in the US

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago

    Yes that is "morally wrong" as well. The difference is that you don't have a choice.

    Moral wrongs become less wrong the less of a choice you have to make them.

    Stealing is bad, but I have no problem with a starving person that steals.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Ethics is our most pressing modern dilemma. What if the janitor and his two kids he raises alone are about to get kicked out of their flat unless he finds a new job, and he's been looking for 4 months and it's the only offer he got?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Or I'll even take it a different direction. Say the janitor is single, lives a minimalistic lifestyle, and gives money to anti-war causes or politicians actively trying to regulate these weapons.

    Can we quantify morality? Is there enough of an ethical net gain here to absolve them?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    But that's not how most janitorial contracts work. You work for a company and then are contracted to clean. You don't have a say with who owns the building. For the most part anyways.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Most of these defense contractors are pretty big and I'd assume a person would need special clearance to access them. If a person has no other choice to feed their family then it would be morally acceptable, but if they can avoid it then they should.

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