It is easy to come up with examples where this ethical theory leads to ridiculous outcomes. At the same time, it would be foolish to completely dismiss it.<p>Many of the examples listed in the article under discussion here give people the impression that exploitation is going on. And the broader point that is often ignored by self-proclaimed rational folks is that changing our society to accept arrangements that <i>look like</i> exploitation (even if they technically aren&#x27;t) may itself cause damage, by increasing the acceptance of arrangements that are <i>actually</i> exploitation.<p>Of course, that effect is basically impossible to measure, and self-proclaimed rational folks tend to ignore the hard-to-measure.<p>Basically, there are underlying reasons for people to have Copenhagen-like reactions, even if they themselves are unable to articulate them.