▲ 828 ▼ Anon comes out to his religious parents (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] dev_null@lemmy.ml -8 points 2 years ago (3 children) Two wrongs don't make a right is what I'm thinking. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] bbuez@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Okay Mr. Moral Arbiter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dev_null@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago* You do you, some people care about others. Even though sometimes they don't deserve it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 years ago You can't purchase a belief. You can only purchase a claim. They can't buy their kid's sexuality, but you don't have to be straight to claim heterosexuality. Neither of the two acts is a "wrong" in any legal sense, so any concept of "fraud" is off the table. There is no established set of relevant shared standards or expectations adopted by the affected individuals, so ethicality is also off the table. That just leaves morality to determine right from wrong, and morality is personally subjective: it's only a moral "wrong" if the individual perceives it to be a wrong. Aside from situations where legally or ethically compelled to speak the truth, I think that deceiving bigots is a moral imperative. They should be lied to everywhere it is legal and ethical to lie to them. They want to pay me to lie to them? That's a win for everyone involved. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bbuez@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Okay Mr. Moral Arbiter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dev_null@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago* You do you, some people care about others. Even though sometimes they don't deserve it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago* You do you, some people care about others. Even though sometimes they don't deserve it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 years ago You can't purchase a belief. You can only purchase a claim. They can't buy their kid's sexuality, but you don't have to be straight to claim heterosexuality. Neither of the two acts is a "wrong" in any legal sense, so any concept of "fraud" is off the table. There is no established set of relevant shared standards or expectations adopted by the affected individuals, so ethicality is also off the table. That just leaves morality to determine right from wrong, and morality is personally subjective: it's only a moral "wrong" if the individual perceives it to be a wrong. Aside from situations where legally or ethically compelled to speak the truth, I think that deceiving bigots is a moral imperative. They should be lied to everywhere it is legal and ethical to lie to them. They want to pay me to lie to them? That's a win for everyone involved. permalink fedilink source parent