• MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    If a fisherman is paid to catch fish, and a dolphin gets caught in the net and dies, is the fisherman’s purpose to kill dolphins?

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      26 days ago

      If the fisherman has made no efforts, and placed no structure to avoid killing dolphins?

      Yes. Because they structured things in such a way that it will happen, so its part of the design of the system. Being a byproduct doesn’t make it any less intentional if there is no effort to alter the design.

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      25 days ago

      Once the rules of a system are set, everything that follows is inevitable.