&gt;Right, that&#x27;s exactly a paradox&#x2F;error that the Copenhagen critique elucidates: two groups have (basically) the same effect on the world (providing the opportunity to have regular work to do in exchange for money), but you only rebuke one of them, since they&#x27;re doing it for profit.<p>I see it as very different.  The Copenhagen issue is that if you try to help fix a problem, you are now responsible for the parts you didn&#x27;t fix.  Imagine if you fix a bad code base to remove half of the significant defects, and are now blamed for the other half that already existed because your upgrade didn&#x27;t fix them.<p>What is happening in this particular case is different.  It is judging entities based not only on their actions or effects, but also their intents.  This is quite common, for example intent can be the difference between murder and self defense.