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I have an ethical question about how people gauge another persons character,,,with just one or two details about their life If you had to pick the WORST of these three people who would you choose? A. someone who worked charity every other day of the year, but cheated on their wife the other days B. Someone who traveled the globe giving pro bono medical care nine months a year, took the summer off, and was convicted of (non fatal) domestic abuse of his wife one night, OR C. Someone who did neither good nor bad(assuming its possible for the sake of argument) all year long I would have to say B is the worst because while it is morally wrong to cheat on your spouse, that in itself causes no physical harm to anyone. But this also opens up the arguement that emotional harm is actually worse than physical harm but for the sake of arguement I am saying B. 
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I have an ethical question about how people gauge another persons character,,,with just one or two details about their life If you had to pick the WORST of these three people who would you choose? A. someone who worked charity every other day of the year, but cheated on their wife the other days B. Someone who traveled the globe giving pro bono medical care nine months a year, took the summer off, and was convicted of (non fatal) domestic abuse of his wife one night, OR C. Someone who did neither good nor bad(assuming its possible for the sake of argument) all year long I would have to say B is the worst because while it is morally wrong to cheat on your spouse, that in itself causes no physical harm to anyone. But this also opens up the arguement that emotional harm is actually worse than physical harm but for the sake of arguement I am saying B. Good point
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interesting,, I would say realistically that I dont know who is the worst,,,but if I was FORCED to choose, I would say the man who did nothing was the worst,,,at least the other two made contributions to the world I can make all the contributions in the world, as soon as I physically harm someone out of lust, greed, or envy...hang me up and make an example of me. Put yourself in the shoes of those you describe, would you rather do a ton of charity only to blow back on those morals and cheat on your significant other? Or would you rather do pro bono medical work only to be convicted of a "non fatal" domestic abuse charge? Personally, I think the domestic abuse takes the cake...I don't think people suffer from 'emotional' pain, I think they typically use it as a crutch to lean on when things get "bad" or something similiar. |
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interesting,, I would say realistically that I dont know who is the worst,,,but if I was FORCED to choose, I would say the man who did nothing was the worst,,,at least the other two made contributions to the world I can make all the contributions in the world, as soon as I physically harm someone out of lust, greed, or envy...hang me up and make an example of me. Put yourself in the shoes of those you describe, would you rather do a ton of charity only to blow back on those morals and cheat on your significant other? Or would you rather do pro bono medical work only to be convicted of a "non fatal" domestic abuse charge? Personally, I think the domestic abuse takes the cake...I don't think people suffer from 'emotional' pain, I think they typically use it as a crutch to lean on when things get "bad" or something similiar. 
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interesting,, I would say realistically that I dont know who is the worst,,,but if I was FORCED to choose, I would say the man who did nothing was the worst,,,at least the other two made contributions to the world I can make all the contributions in the world, as soon as I physically harm someone out of lust, greed, or envy...hang me up and make an example of me. Put yourself in the shoes of those you describe, would you rather do a ton of charity only to blow back on those morals and cheat on your significant other? Or would you rather do pro bono medical work only to be convicted of a "non fatal" domestic abuse charge? Personally, I think the domestic abuse takes the cake...I don't think people suffer from 'emotional' pain, I think they typically use it as a crutch to lean on when things get "bad" or something similiar. You don't think emotional abuse can leave scars? Emotional abuse is as bad if not worse than a punch in the face...agreed some use it as an excuse..but it is real. |
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You don't think emotional abuse can leave scars? Emotional abuse is as bad if not worse than a punch in the face...agreed some use it as an excuse..but it is real. THANK YOU! Words can be a very powerful weapon. |
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Hummm sorry but A & B would be real close to each other. Just because one works charities does not make them a good person. A good person comes from how they treat people year round not just when they choose too. That is like saying a priest that molested young boys is a good person cause he served God all year but he only did that one time.  JMO ( This is only and excample that came to my mind at the time) So hope no one reads anything into the excample I used..To me that one thing would erase anything good he had done within my mind. I'd have to agree with this. |
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You can't say C. does nothing. If they work and pay taxes they are helping people all over the world. not enough,, those things are self fulfilling and required by law(the taxes) |
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I would also have to say B. if I had to pick one of these three.. why? because this person actually does physical and mental harm to another person. this is worse than just cheating.
My second choice would be.. A gal that I find adorable, smart and funny that won't give me the time of day  ...
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I would also have to say B. if I had to pick one of these three.. why? because this person actually does physical and mental harm to another person. this is worse than just cheating. My second choice would be.. A gal that I find adorable, smart and funny that won't give me the time of day ... There's mental harm involved in cheating, and there's physical harm if he/she brings home an STD. |
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interesting,, I would say realistically that I dont know who is the worst,,,but if I was FORCED to choose, I would say the man who did nothing was the worst,,,at least the other two made contributions to the world I can make all the contributions in the world, as soon as I physically harm someone out of lust, greed, or envy...hang me up and make an example of me. Put yourself in the shoes of those you describe, would you rather do a ton of charity only to blow back on those morals and cheat on your significant other? Or would you rather do pro bono medical work only to be convicted of a "non fatal" domestic abuse charge? Personally, I think the domestic abuse takes the cake...I don't think people suffer from 'emotional' pain, I think they typically use it as a crutch to lean on when things get "bad" or something similiar. ID rather do the charity,,,then spend a life making no extra efforts for others and being safe from ever 'messing up'. Id rather do the medical work too. |
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I would also have to say B. if I had to pick one of these three.. why? because this person actually does physical and mental harm to another person. this is worse than just cheating. My second choice would be.. A gal that I find adorable, smart and funny that won't give me the time of day ... There's mental harm involved in cheating, and there's physical harm if he/she brings home an STD. Don't be so crab..by 
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I would also have to say B. if I had to pick one of these three.. why? because this person actually does physical and mental harm to another person. this is worse than just cheating. My second choice would be.. A gal that I find adorable, smart and funny that won't give me the time of day ... There's mental harm involved in cheating, and there's physical harm if he/she brings home an STD. Don't be so crab..by Groans....!
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You can't say C. does nothing. If they work and pay taxes they are helping people all over the world. not enough,, those things are self fulfilling and required by law(the taxes) Not enough by who's standards? Yours? |
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You can't say C. does nothing. If they work and pay taxes they are helping people all over the world. not enough,, those things are self fulfilling and required by law(the taxes) But "C" might be doing things in their local community, volunteering and such, on a less "intense" level such as A and B have done. The quandary with the 3 scenarios and selecting the "least worse" is that A and B describe very specific positive and negative actions and C is rather "generic". However, the fact remains that A and B negated their "good deeds" by their negative actions, B being the worse. |
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I have an ethical question about how people gauge another persons character,,,with just one or two details about their life If you had to pick the WORST of these three people who would you choose? A. someone who worked charity every other day of the year, but cheated on their wife the other days B. Someone who traveled the globe giving pro bono medical care nine months a year, took the summer off, and was convicted of (non fatal) domestic abuse of his wife one night, OR C. Someone who did neither good nor bad(assuming its possible for the sake of argument) all year long Well obviously you don't watch Dexter! A was a story line from it this past season. The guy was a church going family man and ended up being a serial killer who also abused his wife and children. Everything just looked "normal and perfect" to everyone else. As for the question, I don't understand the C part. Someone did neither good nor bad...then why put them in the scenario? |
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It seems to me A and B have bad character, and C. just lacks motivation.... The lesser of 3 evils... $.02 
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I guess I just don't see how lacking motivation is worse than domestic violence or cheating.
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uhmmm.... perhaps you have never had someone beat the crap outta you or been cheated on... just sitting on the couch is definately the lesser of 3 evils... lacking motivation in my view is not a character flaw in relation to violence or cheating.
lacking motivation they are only harming themselves, violence or cheating is hurting other people... in my view very different from each other... acceptable to me? nope... $.02
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Sorry, I misread your post. As you can see from what I posted, I was thinking you were saying C was the worst, since the OP was asking which was the worst of the 3.
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