“I’m not my job” You are when your job requires you to sidestep your morals.

madeofpalk · on March 21, 2018

Sure. Okay then.

That doesn't bother me. I still go to the pub after work with friends and have a good time.

dclowd9901 · on March 21, 2018

Must be nice to live free of consequence.

tudelo · on March 22, 2018

Can you explain your reasoning for claiming that working at a place that publishes low-quality news is immoral?

dredmorbius · on March 25, 2018

Examine the present embroglio over Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, weaponised viral clickbait, fake news, radicalisation, etc., etc.

Media are the information sourcing and feedback loop for societies. The print media went through its crisis of awareness in the early 20th century. See especially Lippmann's Public Policy.

joering2 · on March 21, 2018

I heard once that if there is something - whether of a monetary value or not - that allows you to "sidestep your morals", then you didn't have any morals in the first place.

cheeze · on March 21, 2018

Then I'd argue that I don't have any morals in the first place.

There are differing levels of how strongly I feel about certain moral values I hold. For example, working for a company that dealt in wholesale killing of others is obviously worse than working for an advertising network. Would I work for doubleclick for $1M a year? Hell yeah. Would I spy on citizens of my country for the same amount? No.

Does that make me not have morals? I don't know.