Do you think the fable of the boy who cried wolf is in the same ballpark of conundrum?
In the sense that the kid overtly chooses to do the morally wrong thing -a thing that is universally socially damaging and stressful for the group - and eventually sympathy runs out and they leave him to be harmed?
I think there’s a lot of cool questions to be discussed in what you said.
What does it mean to deserve something?
What does it mean to be the person who gives someone something negative they ‘deserve’?
And my personal question would be - are there any bystanders in this situation and what’s their moral duty?
My gut instinct is a big tough guy “yeah fuck 'em”.
That of course elicits specific situations for me, like maybe the person is very high functioning autistic so they appear to be good at communicating but they’re not and can’t be held responsible for their actions in the same way as a neuro typical person…
I’d like to answer this question for situations where we’re just talking about people who are broadly speaking capable of being responsible and accountable for what they say.
I think this is a great ethical question!
Do you think the fable of the boy who cried wolf is in the same ballpark of conundrum?
In the sense that the kid overtly chooses to do the morally wrong thing -a thing that is universally socially damaging and stressful for the group - and eventually sympathy runs out and they leave him to be harmed?
I think there’s a lot of cool questions to be discussed in what you said.
What does it mean to deserve something?
What does it mean to be the person who gives someone something negative they ‘deserve’?
And my personal question would be - are there any bystanders in this situation and what’s their moral duty?
My gut instinct is a big tough guy “yeah fuck 'em”.
That of course elicits specific situations for me, like maybe the person is very high functioning autistic so they appear to be good at communicating but they’re not and can’t be held responsible for their actions in the same way as a neuro typical person…
I’d like to answer this question for situations where we’re just talking about people who are broadly speaking capable of being responsible and accountable for what they say.