Is not helping the poor like buying an ipod rather than donating moral equivilant to murder? Think of it this way if you saw someone drowning then you would help them rather than just buy a flat-screen right?
2007-02-07 01:35:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I see that your mind is at work and I give you credit for it but I've got to go with all those who have already answered - you cannot compare the two, plus - would you buy a beggar a flat screen TV?
2007-02-07 01:57:07 · answer #1 · answered by Slim Shady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Helping someone who is drowning? What does that have to do with buying a flat screen TV? This is my motto. Fck the poor, they are that way for a reason. I will help them if I can but I will not go without because someone decided to start smoking crack and has destroyed his life. You help a poor person by giving them a job, not a handout.
2007-02-07 03:01:16 · answer #2 · answered by Immortal Cordova 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's why this world is not beautiful, desirable... People often talk about moral just for personal interest. They 'work' at stock market rather than working like a heroic worker at the dangerous place like battlefield.
If you buy Ipod, you missed the chance to buy breads, remember that you can't be a body, No, you are not a particular body! You are whether Jew spirit OR Ubermensch
2007-02-07 01:57:56 · answer #3 · answered by nietzsche_noble_morality 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do have a population problem. Plus buying a flat screen TV puts some kid in Indonesia to work. So in reality the moral thing to do would be to let the guy that can't swim die because he is just holding back society because he can't swim and help the kid in Indonesia pay for his food for the week (he has his whole life ahead of him).
2007-02-07 07:54:12 · answer #4 · answered by Michael H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Defamation of Character, Slander and like like are on par with murder. To destroy a persons reputation could be the same as a death sentence.
2007-02-07 01:58:03 · answer #5 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a leap of logic. In what universe can you save a drowning person by throwing a credit card at them?
2007-02-07 01:51:53 · answer #6 · answered by Buffy Summers 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they are not equal. However, their is a moral obligation to help those who need it. It is just not as strong as the violation of murder.
2007-02-07 02:47:14 · answer #7 · answered by Lew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Social Darwinism - only the strong survive. Sorry, but we're over-crowded on this planet anyway
2007-02-07 06:28:07 · answer #8 · answered by kohai4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it doesn't cost anything to pull someone out of the water.
2007-02-07 01:47:24 · answer #9 · answered by lisateric 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contraception and homosexuality *are* the moral equivalents to murder|
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2007-02-07 01:50:40 · answer #10 · answered by Catholic Philosopher 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋