Re: Politics-Ethics Question
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Right. And I stand by that. If I can save 5 lives and I don't, I'm guilty of 5 murders for which I happen to know that I'll never be accused or convicted. If that's too hard on your conscience, too bad!
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Personally I don't care if you go out and slit 5 throats. You're the one who is saying that inaction=action and that we as humans are obliged to help other humans. The fact that you will never be accused or convicted doesn't change the fact that you are breaking your moral code.
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I'm not justifying breaking my moral code as I'm not breaking it. I donate what I can afford (let's skip the discussion about how high "afford" percentage wise is )
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If you are keeping more than what you need for you and your family to survive you are immoral according to your belief system.
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and not doing this is morally wrong.
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No it isn't
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