Philosophy November 19, 2022

Ommission Does Not Absolve Iniquity

Ommission Does Not Absolve Iniquity

You saw a little boy playing on an escalator. Any misstep could be life-threatening. Would you let him be or stop him?

You may think that it was not your concern and his parents should have taken care of him. It can’t be your fault should any calamity befall him. After all, you have no malice aforethought. So, you let him be.

He ended up falling from the escalator with his legs severely lacerated. He fell because you let him fall.

In the same vein, it is no different from selling drugs even if you don’t force people to buy.

Letting an unfortunate incident happen when you can stop it is as nefarious as perpetrating the wicked deed.

You may also like...

Detrimental Learning Process

When we succeed, we ascribe all the credit to ourselves, our grits, our audacities. We forget...

Praising Kids

How we praise our kids makes a difference to their psyche. "Look at the full marks...

You and I Don’t Know Much

We have a proclivity to overestimate our abilities although there is so much truth that we...

One Candy Now or Two Later

You may think that only children are prone to favor what one already has on hand...