Have you ever wanted something so bad that you would go against your ethics in order to acheive it?

Question

If not, have you ever been tempted to do so?

I appreciate all your answers and your candid honesty.

Answer 1

I believe we all have or will at one point or another in our lives. I have yes!

Answer 2

Answering this question would be against my ethics, because usually when you do such a thing, you don't want any one to know about or at least you don't want to say it loudly so no one, not even yourself, will hear you.

Yes I did. But once I feel everything will go as I wanted them to be, I step backward wishing that something must happen to make me stop. I pray for this to happen so I stop blaming myself cause I hate being selfish and forgetting about others. I do not know, do I have to say: I am lucky because things didn't work as I was planning for them?
OR
Should I feel sorry cause I didn't live the happiness I wanted?

deep inside a far away voice tells me " I wish I did" It really hurts when you feel that what you always dreamed about is about to happen and you suddenly are awaken by the sound of your conscious.

Answer 3

i think some people cheat in order to get what they want;
thankfully they are very much in the minority.
Of course,ive cheated.
And notwithstanding my example, i also think that parents
of young children especially know that the simplest,
early rules-of-life should be imbibed freely(and reasonably).
i think the answer to your question has to be a reserved "Yes".
Imagine being a "ruler" of a country(inferring that she or he
knows whats good for the ruled);in a rigid technological
life-style,questions about the importance of the environment
and its lifeforms may hardly have arose.The scenario could
easily come about that her/his advisors advise For the
environment and against what the ruler's ethics wants.
Although she or he may have reached the point of "ethical
overload", they surely have the time and sense to closely
question their advisors on this.
And like most people,upon reflection and reasonable advice,
they should be able to change-their-minds(!)

Of course,when such things and decisions are made like
this they are nearly allways done without such an admission.
But they are done.
Similarly, i think anyone could "go against their ethics(or
upbringing)" if they thought that that was for the good;
this "good" being personally weighed-up against the theory
AND rule that you,or i, or him/her( and even Them)cannot
know everything.
That such an example of mine,above,can only also mean
that such a reasonably good act should also be "tentative"
must be discussed again.

Answer 4

many circumstances. After some years of working in shelters and doing foster artwork I all too often seen first hand the effect of people getting breeds consistent with seems or loss of expertise of the breed. the tip effect replaced into thousand of canine homeless in shelters or dropping their lives because of the fact of human irresponsiblity. i'm a suitable tournament for a Lab and that's what I even have and ought to in no way be happier. i like Tibetian Mastiffs and can particularly choose for to own one yet they desire a reliable proprietor which at circumstances I even tend to be particularly mushy with my canine.

Answer 5

isn't that what that Faust legend is about
"That I may detect the inmost force Which binds the world, and guides its course"

99.99% sure that i would
some things have an unmeasurable urge to know
the one common quest for everybody is to know why or who they are
religion can only pacify so much

given the chance to satisfy a question such as "what happens after i die?"
i believe i would do just about anything to know
besides dying of course

Answer 6

Everyone is tempted at times but being tempted and acting on it are two different things. It all comes down to choice.

Answer 7

The temptation was there, yes, but I couldn't go thru with it. I'm too much of a goody two shoes and have a concies the size of the Atlantic.

Answer 8

No, when I think that I would have to live with myself by going against something I knew was wrong would be enough for me not to attempt it.

Answer 9

Nope,
Like Shakespeare said:
"Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall'

Answer 10

yes I have, and I do not regret it at all. I feel hypocritical at times, but I also feel a sense of self-acomplishment.