Dr. Maddkap, WerepsychologistWhy are ethics questions always:
“Is it ethical to steal bread if your family is starving?”
And not:
“Is it ethical to hoard a million loaves of bread when other families are starving?”
Mr BThe first is a situation that an ethical person is likely enough to face down.
If you've got the opportunity to create the second situation you've likely got no scruples anyhow.
Jay@matt5sean3 @drmaddkap Posing the second question to a group that is expecting the first gets them thinking about fairness in ways that can lead to such hoarding being penalized or made more difficult to achieve.
You’re right that people need to shed several layers of morals until their greed is naked to get to that point, but the good news is that they number far fewer than an activated public.
Bjørn Bäuchle@WhiteCatTamer @matt5sean3 @drmaddkap Sure, but then it is no longer an ethical question (how should you behave and why?) but a societal question. Which is important, no question about that, but a different realm.