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Exploitation: "when someone works for terms that I would not accept." -- Bearster
Exploitation: "when someone works for terms that I would not accept." -- Bearster
In common parlance, "exploitation" is an emotionally-charged term used to describe the employer-employee relationship.  It is an intellectually dishonest attempt to portray something as bad or immoral without bothering to make a rational argument to show that it is so.

Latest revision as of 11:57, 25 April 2007

This tongue-in-cheek definition is offered because it illustrated why non-objective notions like "exploitation" are rationally unusable terms.

Exploitation: "when someone works for terms that I would not accept." -- Bearster

In common parlance, "exploitation" is an emotionally-charged term used to describe the employer-employee relationship. It is an intellectually dishonest attempt to portray something as bad or immoral without bothering to make a rational argument to show that it is so.