Ascending the Five Ethical Levels
Imagine you move into a Covid-friendly office building. It’s circular, and the offices are along the edge of the circle. The inside-facing wall of your office is glass and faces an opaque structure at the middle of the circle, one that runs from the ground floor to the very top of the building. Inside that structure there is at least one supervisor, observing people’s behavior through their glass wall. Given the design of the building, you can’t see who is watching you or even whether someone is watching you, though they can see you.
The supervisor(s) have three responsibilities and one broad goal.
Responsibility one is to learn various things about you by observation. When you have your lunch, what ...
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