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Is that your personal definition of ethics? Just kill anyone you disagree with?

No that's just a crazy fantasy.

It is unethical to pretend to "help" someone by intentionally using an ineffective solution to make yourself look good without putting in the effort.

This is basically a lesser form of hero complex/syndrome.

You see a problem, think of a solution that makes you look like a hero and everyone is worse off except you.

Celebrities visiting poor african villages is probably the most obvious occurence of this. They book an expensive flight and hotel and drive a car and when they arrive they just do minor help for a week but hey everyone sees it on my instagram account!!!



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