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by bayindirh 742 days ago
Because even if I remove ethics, I can't find a reason for doing something like that.

For me, doing the right thing is beyond all these things, and I don't care about money beyond buying the necessities I need.

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> I can't find a reason for doing something like that.

Money often starts out as necessity or one of it's close cousins. If I were 1) 8k miles away from my target, 2) in a region with more internet access than employment prospects and 3) needed to eat, I can see a path to profitable disclosure.

> For me, doing the right thing is beyond all these things,

This can be a luxury. After a year or 3 of kids in and out of hunger, what's right can get reframed.

> and I don't care about money beyond buying the necessities I need.

Getting beyond that is the thing.

> For me, doing the right thing is beyond all these things

That...is ethics, no?

Ethics and character, yes, and an attitude towards life that doesn't regard money as the deeper meaning of everything.
Ethics aside, what is characterful about saying no to money? Should I say no to my salary for character reasons?
There's a difference between doing your job and earning money as a result vs. finding keys to someone's house and selling said keys to the highest bidder.
Yes: ethics.
Some of us can get there without the organized principles simply with empathy. It's even deeply selfish in it's own way.

Ethics is our answer for those that can't.