[linux-audio-user] Re: Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do *you* stand?

Peter Bessman ninjadroid at gazuga.net
Tue Feb 21 16:04:34 EST 2006


Lee Revell wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 15:08 -0500, Peter Bessman wrote:
>   
>> Frank Barknecht wrote:
>>     
>>> It's even easier for a contract to be morally wrong, because generally
>>> public law is influenced by the common view of morals more than
>>> private contracts. In German that would be a contract, that is
>>> "sittenwidrig". I think, the legal term in English is "contrary to
>>> public policy". Contracts to sell your vote would be an example for
>>> this, though these are illegal as well in many countries. 
>>>   
>>>       
>> The fact that it's illegal to sell your vote does not prove that 
>> contracts can be morally wrong.
>>     
>
> OK, is it morally wrong to sell yourself into slavery?  Mill didn't
> think so:
>   
I don't know --- is it morally wrong to volunteer for a suicide mission, 
with 100% certainty of death?  This is, obviously, a fringe scenario.

-Pete



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