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Smith and the Pharmacist
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| Lira |
As requested by meatular demand, here's a random pair of big breasts. I'm not sure this changes anything but if you want Amanda Wenk can be Smith's beloved (and diseased) wife. So, even if Smith's actions aren't justified, at least this nice blurb is.
This all happens in a very remote village and this is the only pharmacy around. Should he go to a neighbouring town, his spouse would already be dead on his way back. Smith moved recently, so the guy behind the counter doesn't really trust him yet and doesn't want to give him any credit. No money, no medicine. He is running a business, after all.
Smith got there just a few minutes before the drugstore closes so he waits outside for the lights to go out, breaks in, steals the final cure to his wife's ailments, hurries up and hastily goes back home so he can save his lifelong companion.
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- did Smith do anything wrong? If so, why?
- And should there be a punishment? Why? What for?
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| kadomony |
could you repeat that? |
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| yukii |
| I'd rather do a petty crime like breaking into a store, than regret it for the rest of my life when my partner is rotting away. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by kadomony
could you repeat that? |
Why, yes!
Smith's wife is sick (as in suffering from an illness, not because she's ill, yo). Smith has no money left. He needs to buy her some medicine and the guy behind the counter won't sell it because he has no money right now though he can dutifully pay the following week. Smith breaks in and steals the medicine so he can save his spouse.
Is it wrong? |
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| shaw |
| boob caption was tl;dr |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Really? Seems like a pretty elementary ethical debate, imo. Yes, STEALING is wrong, but the intent behind his actions is not. In the context of the real-world crime, which is theft and breaking & entering, of course he should be punished. He needs to be accountable for what he did - regardless if his intentions were "good". Make him pay for the repairs to the shop, work off the debt, etc. |
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| Lews |
Not wrong. He should pay off the price of the medicine and the price of repairs, though.
Why you ask? |
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| shaw |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Really? Seems like a pretty elementary ethical debate, imo. Yes, STEALING is wrong, but the intent behind his actions is not. In the context of the real-world crime, which is theft and breaking & entering, of course he should be punished. He needs to be accountable for what he did - regardless if his intentions were "good". Make him pay for the repairs to the shop, work off the debt, etc. |
Really. It was too long. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Really? Seems like a pretty elementary ethical debate, imo.
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It should be, as it is taken from an explanation about Kohlberg's stages of moral development. The interesting thing here is that, surprising as it may sound to you, not all people give the same answers... so I wanted to see what would happen here. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| I don't expect that people would, I'm just surprised that you're interested to discuss it. :p |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Really? Seems like a pretty elementary ethical debate, imo. Yes, STEALING is wrong, but the intent behind his actions is not. In the context of the real-world crime, which is theft and breaking & entering, of course he should be punished. He needs to be accountable for what he did - regardless if his intentions were "good". Make him pay for the repairs to the shop, work off the debt, etc. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
I don't expect that people would, I'm just surprised that you're interested to discuss it. :p |
I'm interested to see if anyone will give a different answer, as I myself gave when I heard it.
If I were responsible for the judgement of this case, I'd hold the chemist responsible for jeopardising the life of someone else. He ought to have sold the medicine and gathered the necessary information so he could hold the guy accountable for his acts if he failed to do his part of the deal. Then, as a lawmaker, I'd force Smith to sell some of his property if he failed to pay in 7 days so the chemist wouldn't end up in debt, and I wouldn't have Smith pay for whatever it is that he needed to break in order to enter. |
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