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JAMES SUROWIECKI: So this is the flipside of the "Goldman is evil" argument — namely, that as a market marker Goldman doesn't need to tell its customers what it's thinking about the products it's marketing, because customers aren't relying on it for investment advice.
While I do not intend to mount a defense of DUP here, I do want to suggest that there is more to this case than a good v. evil argument about academic freedom.
Here is the Stalinist's former chief ideologue, Roman Werfel, on the "lesser evil" argument.
The lesser evil argument is annoying, played out, and couched in fear, but there's an emotional appeal to it that's tempting to submit to.
The "lesser evil" argument was that it kept men from committing rape or adultery, particularly in situations such as war, where men outnumbered women.
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By the way, the lesser-of-two-evils argument is poppycock.
This "lesser of two evils" argument dodges the point: added sugar is bad for our health.
But contrary to J. S. Mill, it is a lesser-evil argument in favor of secrecy rather than publicity.[36] Such developments may be dismissed as being of merely historical interest.
One is going to be this lesser-evil argument.
The lesser-evil argument, through most of my adult life, has been compelling for most people on the progressive side.
But I could see this as an issue where the lesser-evil argument is going to tear apart this whole progressive movement in the next period.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com