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by cocacola1 851 days ago
No evil is preferable, but a little evil is acceptable. A lot of evil, however, is not (unless compared to pure evil, I suppose).
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So the whole chain must be ethical, but children labor to make your phone is a little evil that is not counting.

Absolute statement, then relativism.

I'm convinced.

Rather, a recognition of the current state of affairs. And not just my phone; my clothes, some chocolate I had recently, and probably most things I own. The overseer is more evil, but we’re all a little evil (or a lot?), though I doubt we’re all about to go off grid and be self sufficient, weaving our own clothes, building our own shelter, foraging our food, etc.
We can apply this argument to the original scientific frauds.

At this point I have no idea what your opinion is.

How are you measuring “evil”?
By the tried and true methods of “I know it when I see it” and the smell test.