[citizenpaul]

I think HN skews towards a somewhat naive but good natured crowd. Every time ethics or morality comes up on here there is no shortage of defenders that simply don't want to accept the fact. Yes there are bad people out there that are not only ok with the bad things they do but even some that actively enjoy it and pursue more of it.

[Nition]

Well, I'll admit that I hadn't even really thought of the option where they know it's evil but they just enjoy it until these responses. I figured they'd either hate their job or have convinced themselves that they're actually doing good. To be fair I think a lot of outwardly-evil people have convinced themselves internally that they're good people.

[account42]

The question isn't whether there are bad people who enjoy what they do but whether they recognize that what they are doing is bad rather than deluding themselves in some way.

[citizenpaul]

The whole point of ethics is to have an independent roadmap of what is right/good/moral other than just your subjective feelings that may change even from day to day.

Again you are reinforcing my point. I've directly meet people that have said things like this real life Exec quote.

"I love bopping them, just like turtles when they pop their head up for air, bop" *gestured fist hammer motion

In regard to treating people like disposable slaves in order to get what they want.