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by FartyMcFarter
2631 days ago
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> But the Chinese nationals I work with weren't particularly pleased with all the westerners speaking on their behalf. Just because someone thinks their company shouldn't engage in a specific project due to ethical concerns, that doesn't mean they're speaking on behalf of the people affected by those ethical violations. It's perfectly reasonable to want to stop the project due to the ethical principles alone. |
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It however presumes that they know enough about the situation to apply those ethical principles to decide what's best for the people affected.
It's hard to find an analogy for this, but consider milk powder. Due past scandals about contaminated milk powder, Chinese parents who can afford it prefer importing milk powder from overseas. Now suppose China bans halal products. Should a milk powder manufacturer who previously exported both halal and non-halal milk powder to China continue to export their non-halal powder, or should they stop exports of both product lines to avoid complying with what they believe to be an ethical violation, knowing full well that Chinese consumers will then be exposed to the hazardous milk powder manufactured domestically?
The alternative to Chinese people getting censored search results from Google isn't getting uncensored search results from Google, it's getting censored search results from Baidu.