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by ThJ 2492 days ago
Army doctors heal soldiers so they can go out and kill more people. The Hippocratic Oath is rarely applied to indirect harm.

An oath in the same spirit for knowledge workers would be meaningless, since their work never does any direct harm.

If such an oath is instead applied to indirect harm, how many levels of indirection is enough to wash your hands of all harm?