Moral dilemna

[soFlaNative]

Brinks truck unloaded in the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel.
I would probably stop and hope I don't get creamed.
Police think some of the money hasn't been turned in.
Ya think?

Police: If you took spilled cash from armored truck, you have 2 days to return it - Baltimore Sun

 

[M29since14]

No dilemna there. It obviously belonged to Brinks, or at least it was plain to see they had custody of it. The money was not lost and then found. Sorry, no room for "confusion" about the rightful owner/custodian.

 

[ordy]

^^^ no question. Do the right thing.

 

[JSR III]

The only problem is that the homeless guy that lives under the tunnel didn't read the story in the paper or watch it on his 50" plasma TV.

 

[steelslaver]

If you hire people who can manage to spill a load of money all over the road you deserve to loose the money. If know if I scattered a bunch $ I wouldn't expect to get it back. Yes it belongs to Brinks, but I don't feel sorry for them.

 

[G-Mac]

If you hire people who can manage to spill a load of money all over the road you deserve to loose the money. If know if I scattered a bunch $ I wouldn't expect to get it back. Yes it belongs to Brinks, but I don't feel sorry for them.

I hope you never lose your wallet and expect that some honest person may return it.

 

[Gamecock]

you have 2 days to return it

If you don't . . . we'll give you 3. Sorta like Greek debt negotiation.

 

[RaylanGivens]

If you hire people who can manage to spill a load of money all over the road you deserve to loose the money. If know if I scattered a bunch $ I wouldn't expect to get it back. Yes it belongs to Brinks, but I don't feel sorry for them.

Doing the right thing, the moral thing, the legal thing is not a feeling. It's a responsibility.

 

[CajunBass]

People who ask, "What should I do?" usually know the answer.

They're just hoping someone will tell them it's OK to do what they really know they shouldn't.

 

[sigp220.45]

I'd probably turn it in, but I'm actually responding to commend you on your spelling of dilemna.

Though now considered an aberrant spelling, I'm glad to see it still in use. Dilemma just looks silly.

Pardon the drift, now back to your regularly scheduled conversation.

 

[kamloops67]

I'd do the right thing no question .... How much is one of them new 'vettes ?

 

[e3mrk]

It's like My Mother used to say,(You might think Nobody saw it but God did).As much as I would have liked to keep the Money I would have returned every Penny.

 

[Papa32129]

No dilemma for me.

Bending over and picking it up is not earning it.

Reminder:
# 8. Thou shall not steal.
#10. Thou Shall not covet neighbors goods.



Papa

 

[steelslaver]

I am not saying I wouldn't turn it back in or I don't know what the right thing is. But, I don't feel sorry for Brinks. Plus , if I do lose my wallet its my fault if I don't get my money back.

By the way last time I was working one of my hands came to me with a wallet he found. I commented him. It had what looked like a couple hundred bucks, credit cards, a TWIC card which is a federal ID you need to work in most refineries. It was right at quitting time, but, I stayed latte and found out which company he worked for, contacted his work group and got it back to him. He was careless and lucky it wasn't found by the wrong people.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Wow! Tough choice, return the money or get that bag of pork rinds out of layaway!

What to do, what to do.

 

[finesse_r]

Doing the right thing, the moral thing, the legal thing is not a feeling. It's a responsibility.

Don’t confuse moral with legal or assume the two are the same thing. They may sometimes be the same thing, but often they have little to do with each other. Slavery was once legal, but hardly moral as just one example.

I will not express an opinion on this situation as to the legal thing also being the moral thing as I cannot afford to get dinged again this early in the day.

 

[Marshwheeling]

I'd probably turn it in, but I'm actually responding to commend you on your spelling of dilemna.

Though now considered an aberrant spelling, I'm glad to see it still in use. Dilemma just looks silly.

Pardon the drift, now back to your regularly scheduled conversation.

Hmm, commending him for misspelling? Dilemna (with an n) is not correct, and never has been, although it has been taught as correct in some times and places. Dilemma is directly from the Greek di (two) + lemma (proposition or argument).

Here is a nice discussion of how the error may have come about and persisted:
Dilemna or Dilemma

 

[old bear]

I'm really glad that everyone is 100% sure of what they would do when faced with a moral dilemna, of these proportions.

All I can say is, I would like to believe that I would not keep the money. Yet you never know what you are going to do until it happens.

 

[ralph7]

I'm really glad that everyone is 100% sure of what they would do when faced with a moral dilemna, of these proportions.

All I can say is, I would like to believe that I would not keep the money. Yet you never know what you are going to do until it happens.

Probably the best comment on this thread.

 

[rwsmith]

It's a given....

Doing the right thing, the moral thing, the legal thing is not a feeling. It's a responsibility.

There is no question about it. You have only one choice as to what to do.