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If you cant be ethical in a game, what makes you think that you will have the ability to discern ethical behavior in other situations?
To be honest, I don't care if someone gets $4 in change instead of $3, or bots all their skills to 99, or cheats on a paper. Why? It doesn't affect me. I live by my own code of morals, and I don't expect anyone else to live by mine. As long as it does not directly cause me some sort of pain or suffering, I don't care. We all end up in the same place anyway: hell.
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To be honest, I don't care if someone gets $4 in change instead of $3, or bots all their skills to 99, or cheats on a paper. Why? It doesn't affect me. I live by my own code of morals, and I don't expect anyone else to live by mine. As long as it does not directly cause me some sort of pain or suffering, I don't care. We all end up in the same place anyway: hell.
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♪♪ Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thought
Have some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself ♪♪
♪♪ And I'm not done
And I won't be till my head falls off ♪♪
Edited by Thus, 27 June 2011 - 01:14 AM.
As promised another story relating to ethics (that didn't fit too well into my article). Consider this a bonus (I have another story later after this)
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A long time ago, a few neighborhood kids and I were hanging out (probably trading Yu-gi-oh cards or Pokemon). The subject of "worse grades ever" came up, so we each told stories about the class that we did the worst in. One of the neighbors said he only failed a class once, so we had him explain the reasons why. He said that year his class had to do a big research project, where the teacher broke everyone into groups. The groups were to meet out of school to work on the projects, relating to different animals the teacher assigned. Part of the deal was that the class had to learn how to correctly cite their sources in MLA format, and learn to use the library and its encyclopedias correctly.
He said that his group completely forgot about the project, until the teacher warned them that it was due the next day. That night, they met at one of their member's houses to work on the project. After gathering all kinds of resources, and after many distractions, it was late. With the project due the next day and the group getting nowhere, one of them volunteered saying, "I'll finish this project. You guys go home and get some sleep. Don't worry, I'll take care of it."
The next day they turned in their project. About a week later, they were called in to the Principal's office along with each of their parents. The teacher had their report, along with an encyclopedia. Apparently the one member, in his frustration, had copied the article about their animal verbatim from the encyclopedia. He took care of it, and they failed.
Moral of this story: when someone says "Don't worry, I'll take care of it," you should be very worried.
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