Loosedhorse
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But it doesn't; you're pinging me for responding to what was there, instead of what you would prefer be there?Maybe that should read, "I could care less about what you think is morally correct."
You say "legal," and thereby imply that should be the only determinant of behavior. I disagree. You say discreet: I could have discreetly just left that hardware store yesterday. Instead, I discreetly paid. Both would have been discreet, but paying felt less sneaky.
I'm not sure why you bring up religion. I know you're not suggesting that one religion says defying the sign secretly is fine, but another says it isn't.it might as well be a religious debate
I think we're getting somewhere. If you're saying, sure, when it's of relatively little cost to me to go elsewhere, I will--fine. Then we're only, perhaps, varying on our definitions of what a "little cost" is. If you're saying that, beyond a certain cost, it is "necessary" that you enter that store instead of another, then also fine--there is a well known principle at law and in ethics of "competing harms," and in that instance we should pick the least harm.If there are two identical establishments within a reasonable distance, the relatively low cost to you
Oops--where did my high horse suddenly go? Perhaps I never had one?
I will say that, if the cost of going elsewhere is high enough that entering despite the sign is the lesser of the competing harms, to me that is still entering under false pretenses. It may be justified, but I personally would not claim that such justification then makes the entry an honest one.
I neglected to comment on this yesterday. Thank you, no problem, and I will try to do better at avoiding the appearence of insult or condescension.With greatest humility, I mean no insult.
You mentioned emotion above; it is in fact my opinion that these are essentially emotional questions--not just emotion-laden, but emotional in a fundamental way. Humans do not (IMHO) simply reason out what fairness is: we feel it, and fairness is important to us. It is therefore perhaps impossible to discuss such a topic without consulting emotion--and emotion is a tricky guide.
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