This speaks in favor of the moral qualities of the camera manufacturer
Why is this? Is it unethical to profit from trade? This made my little inner Objectivist cringe pretty hard… but otherwise, I like this post a lot. It makes an important point about efficiency that isn’t obvious and needs to be reinforced.
It can speak in favour of the moral qualities of the camera manufacturer without speaking against the moral qualities of the parka manufacturer. Of course it’s fine to profit from trade, but generosity is still praiseworthy.
(Though, in practice, selling a $200 camera at no profit is probably not nearly the best way for a camera manufacturer to be altruistic anyway, so that may not be the best example.)
Why is this? Is it unethical to profit from trade? This made my little inner Objectivist cringe pretty hard… but otherwise, I like this post a lot. It makes an important point about efficiency that isn’t obvious and needs to be reinforced.
It can speak in favour of the moral qualities of the camera manufacturer without speaking against the moral qualities of the parka manufacturer. Of course it’s fine to profit from trade, but generosity is still praiseworthy.
(Though, in practice, selling a $200 camera at no profit is probably not nearly the best way for a camera manufacturer to be altruistic anyway, so that may not be the best example.)