a probably hypothetical moral quandry
Oct. 26th, 2006 10:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauraanne_gilmanor, "If I am my brother's keeper, does that mean I can charge admission?"
I have a friend. Let's call this friend George.
George has a tendency to straight shooting and straight thinking, and assumes everyone else will be glad for both being shot and being thought at.
In this imperfect world, that is not always the case.
George has had ample years and friendly warnings to learn that fact, and yet it eludes, every time.
So. Watching George about to pull those straight-shooting guns once again, am I morally obligated in any way shape or form to warn my friend that it's probably going to backfire spectacularly? Or can I sit back and watch, assured that none of the resulting splatter is going to reach me?
And if I benefit from George's cluelessness (i.e. a project George might have gotten comes to me, instead), is there real guilt (as opposed to 'poor idiot George, wish you'd learn" sort) attached?
I have a friend. Let's call this friend George.
George has a tendency to straight shooting and straight thinking, and assumes everyone else will be glad for both being shot and being thought at.
In this imperfect world, that is not always the case.
George has had ample years and friendly warnings to learn that fact, and yet it eludes, every time.
So. Watching George about to pull those straight-shooting guns once again, am I morally obligated in any way shape or form to warn my friend that it's probably going to backfire spectacularly? Or can I sit back and watch, assured that none of the resulting splatter is going to reach me?
And if I benefit from George's cluelessness (i.e. a project George might have gotten comes to me, instead), is there real guilt (as opposed to 'poor idiot George, wish you'd learn" sort) attached?
