Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what technology can do.
No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.
I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience is opposed to the requirements and responsibilities of the job, then it's time to leave the job.