I think, therefore I write. (我思,所以我写。)

Cogito ergo scribo

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Moral consistency

Consider the following scenarios:

  1. There's a hawker stall that sells "economic rice". All the dishes look delicious and hygienic. The surrounding of the stall and the utensils also look very clean. However, one of the dishes has a dead cockroach in it. Do you consider this hawker stall (a)clean or (b)dirty? (Ask yourself: would you eat there?)

  2. There's a police man who is very good in catching criminals. He always manages to solve the most difficult and hideous crimes and put the criminals into prison. However, he has a secret identity; he is actually a pedophile who operates a Website of child pornography. He also pays for sex with the underage, and let go of the other pedophiles who are the memebers of his Website. Do you consider this police man a (a)good or (b)bad cop?

  3. There's a doctor who is very skilled in surgery. All his operations are successful and all the patients who have been operated by him will definitely recover from the illness. However, he charges exorbitant medical fee, and often shows false roentgenogram to the patients and give false diagnosis so that they will go for surgery even though their illnesses are not that serious. Do you consider this doctor (a)good or (b)bad?

  4. There's a rich and successful business man who does land transport service. His company provides trucks for hire in transporting goods for other businesses. He is also a charitable person who always donates money to charity. However, he has a secret business too in transporting and selling drugs, using his company's trucks for delivering the drugs to the black market. Do you consider this business man a (a)good or (b)bad person?

  5. There's a massage parlour that provides massage services and some Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment such as tui na (推拿) and gua sha (刮痧). It is open to customers of both genders. However, the massage ladies there also provide sexual services such as masturbating the male customers and let the customers touch them, fondle their breasts and also kiss them, but no sexual intercourse is allowed. Do you consider this massage parlour as a (a)decent or (b)indecent place?


If you answer (a) for some questions and (b) for some other, then you are a person who is inconsistent with your own moral standards. Basically, it means that you have double standards for different situations, things and people.

Labels:

Share your cogitation



Saturday, April 25, 2009 @ 5:47 pm: My theme song 10
Saturday, April 25, 2009 @ 7:25 am: Crazy
Saturday, April 25, 2009 @ 3:33 am: My theme song 9
Saturday, April 25, 2009 @ 1:33 am: Am back
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 @ 2:03 am: Disappear
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 @ 2:15 pm: Depressed
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 @ 4:01 am: My theme song 8
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 @ 3:45 am: Down
Monday, April 20, 2009 @ 5:55 pm: My theme song 7
Monday, April 20, 2009 @ 4:50 pm: The past weekend