this seems to convolute the example with personal moralities that have no bearing on the actual, objective “task” and how efficiently or inefficiently it is accomplished. if the goal is to kill people, your moral qualms don’t make it “better” to kill less. you are still performing poorly relative to the task.
this does highlight a problem with the original quote. “useless” is rather ambiguous as the reader has to decide whether to tie “use” to the utility of the task relative to what it is trying to accomplish versus the reader’s personal goals. the same applies to the equally ambiguous word, “should.”
this seems to convolute the example with personal moralities that have no bearing on the actual, objective “task” and how efficiently or inefficiently it is accomplished. if the goal is to kill people, your moral qualms don’t make it “better” to kill less. you are still performing poorly relative to the task.
this does highlight a problem with the original quote. “useless” is rather ambiguous as the reader has to decide whether to tie “use” to the utility of the task relative to what it is trying to accomplish versus the reader’s personal goals. the same applies to the equally ambiguous word, “should.”