> Is it really ethical to try to get as much money out of your customers?
I'm going to go with "yes" in the absence of any reason not to. In a fair deal, both sides should get a roughly equal amount of value from the transaction. If the customer would be willing to pay more without a second thought, but you artificially restrict the price out of some ethical compunction, then the customer is coming out ahead. Why is it ethical for the customer to come out ahead but unethical for both parties to profit equally? That line of thought does not make sense to me.
In the case of something like healthcare, I don't think your real objection is that equitable business transactions are unethical. I think your real objection is that you believe healthcare should be a public service rather than a fair exchange of value between private parties.
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> Is it really ethical to try to get as much money out of your customers?
I'm going to go with "yes" in the absence of any reason not to. In a fair deal, both sides should get a roughly equal amount of value from the transaction. If the customer would be willing to pay more without a second thought, but you artificially restrict the price out of some ethical compunction, then the customer is coming out ahead. Why is it ethical for the customer to come out ahead but unethical for both parties to profit equally? That line of thought does not make sense to me.
In the case of something like healthcare, I don't think your real objection is that equitable business transactions are unethical. I think your real objection is that you believe healthcare should be a public service rather than a fair exchange of value between private parties.