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Re: morality and ethics and economics
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:44 pm
by Immanuel Can
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:28 pm
Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:18 pm
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:39 am
For what it's worth, I didn't do it on purpose. I made an error in thinking he was eligible for student aid that he wasn't and when I discovered my error. It was either be honest and acknowledge that I made a mistake or else go against the rules and give him something that I wasn't supposed to give him. I chose to acknowledge my mistake and we had to take away his funding. With hindsight, I could have just as easily chose the second option. If I had it to do over again, I might choose the second option instead. I thought I was doing the right thing at the time.
If it was not morally problematic, why do you still agonize about it? You must feel that somehow, you did the wrong thing. And you seem troubled by the fact that you can't make it right.
But what if you could? I don't mean that you necessarily could find him and make it up to him. But suppose Somebody did know where he was, and could balance the account on your behalf; would you be interested? Or would you rather just "live with it"?
How's that working out for you?
It's not "working out" for me, pretty much like life in general.
Then the answer is very direct: change something.
Re: morality and ethics and economics
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2024 8:24 pm
by Gary Childress
Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:44 pm
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:28 pm
Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:18 pm
If it was not morally problematic, why do you still agonize about it? You must feel that somehow, you did the wrong thing. And you seem troubled by the fact that you can't make it right.
But what if you could? I don't mean that you necessarily could find him and make it up to him. But suppose Somebody did know where he was, and could balance the account on your behalf; would you be interested? Or would you rather just "live with it"?
How's that working out for you?
It's not "working out" for me, pretty much like life in general.
Then the answer is very direct: change something.
I have no will, no energy, no self-esteem. If it weren't for living with my mother I'd be homeless or else institutionalized. Game over for me.
Re: morality and ethics and economics
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2024 9:54 pm
by Immanuel Can
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 8:24 pm
Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:44 pm
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:28 pm
It's not "working out" for me, pretty much like life in general.
Then the answer is very direct: change something.
I have no will, no energy, no self-esteem. If it weren't for living with my mother I'd be homeless or else institutionalized. Game over for me.
Well, then you'll ride your bad situation into the ground. How that serves your best interests...well, you'll have to decide that. It doesn't seem to me to be a way to win anything.