That is a normal position held by billions of people on the planet who also don’t really care about protecting the reputation of this community.
You only need to care about hurting the community if you are hurting the community. Billions of people on this planet (why do you exclude Martians?) don’t harm the reputation of this community, so they don’t need to care. Zack, by talking to Metz, does harm it and therefore is obliged to care.
Caring about how your own actions hurt others is not an optional choice.
Where you are getting the position that Davis doesn’t care about harm caused by Metz?
The above is exactly not caring about the harm caused by Metz (or rather, by him enabling Metz).
You only need to care about hurting the community if you are hurting the community. Billions of people on this planet (why do you exclude Martians?) don’t harm the reputation of this community, so they don’t need to care. Zack, by talking to Metz, does harm it and therefore is obliged to care.
Caring about how your own actions hurt others is not an optional choice.
The above is exactly not caring about the harm caused by Metz (or rather, by him enabling Metz).