04-07-2008, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NY ---> Outer Haven, MA 2012
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I love it when people try to rationalize their decision not to cheat with empty declarations of bad Karma for the guilty parties. "It will only hurt them in the long run" is a moral cop out--cheating isn't wrong because cheaters can get caught or because they may fail in other ventures in life later on--cheating is wrong because it is by its very definition dishonest. If you choose not to cheat because you are afraid of getting caught or you fear karmic retribution, you are as morally feeble as the person who cheated (just more prudent). Sometimes doing the right thing i.e. not cheating, will be disadvantageous to you. Sometimes it will hurt you severly in the long run. Sometimes it won't. The outcome is immaterial in the implicit morality of the act itself; one should be moral because, for lack of a better description, it is the right thing to do. In life, the most moral decisions are often the simplest, but rarely the easiest. Remember that when you decide whether or not to cheat; there is no substitute for your integrity. All the riches in the world cannot purchase it and all of the success in life cannot mask it.
| Great post until you started to go top-heavy on morals. |
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