But there's always a good and bad consequence to the adoption of new technologies.
So I'm guessing it was not much of a bad consequence to Mojang, who can, after all, keep developing and selling add-on material.
Thus, as Holmes and Brandeis consistently maintained, except in emergencies, the proper remedy for speech that might conceivably lead to bad consequences is not to punish the speaker, but to engage in counter-speech, to use other measures to avoid the danger, and to punish the person who actually commits the crime.
So if a way of morally assessing acts is likely to lead to bad decisions, or more generally lead to bad consequences, then, according to a consequentialist point of view, so much the worse for that way of assessing acts.
Yet the social arguments against suicide are fundamentally consequentialist, and some act-utilitarians have discussed the correlative possibility that the good consequences of suicide might so outweigh its bad consequences as to render suicide admirable or even morally obligatory (Cosculluela 1995, 76 81).
Checking to see if the intruder is still in your home can lead to bad consequences for you, so it's best to call the cops and let them handle it.
We know all kinds of examples where people pursue what they think is appropriate to their identity that lead them to bad consequences and the consequences may or may not matter to them, but the procedure does not start from, "What are the consequences?" Much of our behavior currently is of that form.
As with so much regulation and government interference, good intentions too often have led to bad consequences: higher than necessary costs, less access to care, lower quality and less innovation.
Generally, anthropocentric positions find it problematic to articulate what is wrong with the cruel treatment of non-human animals, except to the extent that such treatment may lead to bad consequences for human beings.
Not keeping up with the times would be like wearing a 1980s bright pastel Miami Vice suit to a first date: it is risky and can lead to bad consequences.
