The ethics of a botched deal, redux

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12-16-2008 @ 1:20AM

Azir said...

Slow news day huh? Welp I guess I'd say that there is something to be said for the utilitarian cost for what this guy did to his customer. It is video game money, which by any normal person's standard has incredibly low value (not to mention that it doesn't actually belong to you). And the amount of the already useless video game money that was 'stolen' is so incredibly small that there can't possibly any value to discussing the morality of it. It's like discussing the morality of a fly landing on the back of an elephant and taking a dump on it. Sure, it would discomfort the elephant if any creature took a dump on it. But if the little bit of poop on the elephant doesn't really matter to the elephant then what does it matter if it was morally right of the fly ? Should the fly have to make amends to the elephant?

I'm using allegory but I think you catch my drift. Delete this post and move on imho.

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