www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       23/06/29 10:13:58

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        (Players): new entry.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.286&r2=1.287

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.286
retrieving revision 1.287
diff -u -b -r1.286 -r1.287
--- words-to-avoid.html 12 Feb 2023 20:55:34 -0000      1.286
+++ words-to-avoid.html 29 Jun 2023 14:13:57 -0000      1.287
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> &ldquo;<a
        href="#Piracy">Piracy</a>&rdquo;
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> &ldquo;<a
+       href="#Players">Players (said of businesses)</a>&rdquo;
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> &ldquo;<a
        href="#PowerPoint">PowerPoint</a>&rdquo;
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> &ldquo;<a
        href="#Product">Product</a>&rdquo;
@@ -1147,6 +1149,27 @@
 
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
+<h3 id="Players">&ldquo;Players&rdquo; (said of businesses)</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
+<p>
+To describe businesses as &ldquo;players&rdquo; presumes that they are
+motivated purely and simply by &ldquo;winning&rdquo; what they treat
+as a poker-like game&mdash;in effect, subordinating all else to
+profit.  Often businesses (and their executives) do act that way, but
+not always, and we often pressure them to respect other values as
+well.</p>
+<p>
+The moral cynicism of &ldquo;players&rdquo; resonates with a general
+condemnation of business, which to some extent business in general
+deserves; at the same time, it tends to dissuade the attempt to judge
+any business's acts or practices in moral terms.  Even to raise the
+question of whether a certain business treats people unjustly is
+dissuaded by the &ldquo;players&rdquo; metaphor's murmuring, in the
+background, &ldquo;Why bother asking?&rdquo; I suggest avoiding that
+metaphor.</p>
+
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
 <h3 id="Piracy">&ldquo;Piracy&rdquo;</h3>
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
 <p>
@@ -1530,7 +1553,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2023/02/12 20:55:34 $
+$Date: 2023/06/29 14:13:57 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>