Sue Durnim Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Yes! you have guessed it, another poll! If you were legally entitled to something, but it was morally wrong to receive it, regardless of the subject matter, would you take it? I have decided that law and morality are two different things!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Legally I am allowed to take part in this poll but morally I am not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Eagle, you did not vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Both morality and the law change with time, place and people - and thus arn't a constant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Eagle, you did not vote. I am not a Member of Parliament therefore the question is irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 "I'll nick anything me....cos I'm a geezer!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Baz J Isn't prison brilliant, it's got walls with bars on, brilliant, 'cos once you are in, you can't get out!, brilliant! (FastShow 1998). Anyway, you have gone off topic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 If you were legally entitled to something, but it was morally wrong to receive it, regardless of the subject matter, would you take it? Well try as I might I can't make a decision to enable me to vote in the poll when it says 'regardless of the subject matter'. Some things I might... or others I might not and so I have no idea What sort or type of things do you mean SueD Actually as I have not been able to vote does that mean that I have just answered the poll as my subconcious and moral values are obviously questioning it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 the way i look at it is i would take it if i was legally entitled to it even if it was "morally wrong". i would then do the moral thing . if it was money or property that morally belonged to somebody else then i would try to come to an agreement whereby they could benefit from it if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Dismayed, Eagle, it is just a general question and the subject matter is not the issue, the answers, I think are interesting because people seem to switch their morality or sense of decency or what is legally right depending on what they have to gain from a particular situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Correct, hence my comment re change: people basically do whatever suits them at the time, expediency rules - hence the church is trying to play catch up with a changing morality - rather than remaining a static beacon, a point of reference in a world without a moral compass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Observer, we need a better compass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 hence the church is trying to play catch up with a changing morality - rather than remaining a static beacon, a point of reference in a world without a moral compass. Very good observer, and how true. Taken you a long time to point it out though. I think maybe they have been trying to put their own house in order first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Perhaps as you may have gathetred, I personally have no time for "the Church"; but I do respect those institutions charged with some form of ethical and moral guidance as to our value systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 I'm with Sid on this one. If it's legally mine, I take it and then I do with it as I see morally fit, which might well be to not take it. So I need two votes, I think..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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