RE: What will you do? (Ethical dilemma question)
October 19, 2017 at 11:28 am
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2017 at 11:31 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I think so too..though, in my case, I don't see this as one of them. My implied responsibilities to a friend end at declining. Your's extend to informing your friend.
In telling your friend..you're discharging what you perceive to be your duty. You likely don't feel, however... that it's your duty to inform your friend of everything that they do wrong or every wrong done unto them that you're aware of. I don;t know if your friends are anything like mine...but that would be exhausting, lol. It may even be the case (particularly if the partner made advances on someone else) that you wouldn't feel any such duty to a friend who..for example, had been told before but stubbornly stayed with a cheating partner.
In neither of our cases does this present a meaningful moral dilemma, it's just a reflection of our sense of duty.
In telling your friend..you're discharging what you perceive to be your duty. You likely don't feel, however... that it's your duty to inform your friend of everything that they do wrong or every wrong done unto them that you're aware of. I don;t know if your friends are anything like mine...but that would be exhausting, lol. It may even be the case (particularly if the partner made advances on someone else) that you wouldn't feel any such duty to a friend who..for example, had been told before but stubbornly stayed with a cheating partner.
In neither of our cases does this present a meaningful moral dilemma, it's just a reflection of our sense of duty.
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