Enlightened morality often means being mindful of tradeoffs. Not doing an exhaustive search of academic literature because it is prohibitively expensive or tim

Enlightened morality often means being mindful of tradeoffs. Not doing an exhaustive search of academic literature because it is prohibitively expensive or time-consuming is a clear negative -- doing so may result in lower-quality research. I personally see many good reasons to distinguish general intellectual property theft from using SciHub for academic research.