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What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question)

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What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question)
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RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question)
October 16, 2017 at 2:26 pm
(October 16, 2017 at 2:16 pm)pool the matey Wrote: Well, say you do tell your best friend about it. Now you're going to be the guy that ended a 8 year long relationship.. . That's not a small thing to bear.
Or your friend don't believe you, cmon the guy has been with this chick for 8 years, he's probably going to think something like you're jealous of their relationship or something....and now you're the guy that's jealous of his best friend doing good...

That's not an ethical dilemma though.
His GF is a sexual predator that is lying to him. It is your obligation to tell him, after perhaps as Losty pointed out, after you file a police report. There is no dilemma.
If he resents you for it when the truth comes out or he doesn't believe you at all, that sucks. But keeping those possibilities in mind doesn't make your choice of option 2 any more ethical. Instead its more selfish, actually. You don't want to upset the natural order and would rather let your friend get cheated on and have a sexual predator go on harrassing others? That's cowardice, not ethics.
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What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question)

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RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) - by Losty - October 16, 2017 at 12:50 pm
RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) - by Mr.Obvious - October 16, 2017 at 2:26 pm
RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) - by Losty - October 16, 2017 at 3:10 pm
RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) - by Losty - October 16, 2017 at 3:33 pm
RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) - by Chad32 - October 16, 2017 at 9:47 pm
RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) - by Amarok - October 17, 2017 at 1:05 am
RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) - by brewer - October 17, 2017 at 3:01 pm
RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) - by Shell B - October 19, 2017 at 10:44 am
RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) - by Shell B - October 19, 2017 at 11:33 am
RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) - by Shell B - October 19, 2017 at 12:59 pm
RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) - by Amarok - October 22, 2017 at 11:55 am
RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question) - by Silver - October 22, 2017 at 5:30 pm

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