Utilons are not dollars. While it is clear it produces economic value it is not atleast selfevident that the result is good. If a seller wants to sell drugs and a buyer wants to buy that will drive them to do business but it doesn't make a narcotic related lifestyle especially virtous. We can also understand that a narc might want to buy but that he is doing an error in doing that and infact he would be better off not buying even if he resists that option. So factors other than what the participants want can be ethically relevant.
Normally in these arrangements it serves both sides. But the serving of the student is greatly diminshed in this case. By similar logic that some look down on those that just receive welfare and don't even try to serve others to make a living, we can be suspcious that this is essentially the company receiving free value with the connection to the value that they create being in a very nebolous relationship compared to what they receive. If somebody was throwing gold into the trash and somebody noticed this and started collecting it but not informing the dumper that gold is valuable, he is not stealing it per se but there is deception going on. That is tricking someone to work for you isn't that commendable. |
