> Writing software is not a neutral act. You are morally responsible for its uses.
That's an unsound argument - it suffers from a confusion of agency. The most I can be responsible for as an author is the intent of my software.
If I'm a wrench manufacturer, I have no moral obligation to attempt to control how people will use my wrenches. They are amoral tools with a good intent (to help with construction projects). Whether my wrenches or those projects will end up being used for evil is beyond my purview.
That's an unsound argument - it suffers from a confusion of agency. The most I can be responsible for as an author is the intent of my software.
If I'm a wrench manufacturer, I have no moral obligation to attempt to control how people will use my wrenches. They are amoral tools with a good intent (to help with construction projects). Whether my wrenches or those projects will end up being used for evil is beyond my purview.