Morality, Honesty and Legality

[Bob Sneidar]

People who want to change the world scare me. If you mean "make the world a better place" I'm more inclined to go along with that, but usually "change the world" means "make it into the world I think ought to be" and some very, very bad people in history fall into this category. 

Bob


On Sep 11, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Roger Eller wrote:

> EULAs aside, I wonder what stand Apple takes on higher-level ethics and
> morality, looking at themselves as an entity capable of making a
> significant difference in this world.
> 
> In this article, there could be a genuine opportunity for Apple to apply
> some of massive resources toward curing at least one type of cancer (the
> one that killed Steve Jobs):
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9508895/A-virus-that-kills-cancer-the-cure-thats-waiting-in-the-coldc.html
> 
> In this article, they seem to be more focused on selling iPads to the
> medical industry under the guise of helping find a cure:
> http://www.cultofmac.com/147937/could-apple-help-cure-cancer-in-corporate-america/
> 
> I'm sure they give large sums of money to some very good causes, but why
> not go all out and make a difference by really changing the world instead
> of paying all those lawyers to take down Samsung?  Ok, this one is
> definitely over the top, and also naive, but wouldn't it be a wonderful
> achievement for a company of such humble beginnings?
> 
> ~Roger