No, no, and no. Although there is no accounting for what some people might consider.Ignoring the truck accident victim is considered a crime, most times punishable by law, and is also considered very immoral. — Seth72
The Gates and Buffets of the world are giving away a lot of money and attempting to do it in as responsible a manner as possible. It would be nice if more followed their example.My point is, the general consensus seems to be that morally, we can choose to keep our extra money instead of donating it to save people's lives, — Seth72
Most people have way more money that they would need to simply survive — Seth72
about how helping others at the expense of oneself can lead to misery for both sides if not done properly. And I agree, however, regardless of my specific argument, my point was more like "assuming you are able to help at a minor expense, are you morally obligated to?" — Seth72
You are basically saying that not helping the truck accident victim is a valid, although morally weaker choice. — Seth72
It seems that helping others is a consistently more "moral" than helping yourself. I don't understand why that is. — Seth72
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