DanielLC comments on Ethical Inhibitions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 01 December 2010 05:11:11AM 1 point [-]

at least one king somewhere who took power by lies and assassination, and then ruled wisely and well

I know John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie ended up donating large amounts to charity. That said, I don't think they are as bad as they're portrayed. There might have been a little unethical stuff, but mostly they got to where they were by good business practices.