Modern Ethics
So Let’s say I’m sitting in a pub, writing this (which I am). I want to go out for a fag. Which I have to do, because ethically speaking I can’t smoke in a pub these days. But…. there are 2 guys sharing my table. Do I take my laptop with me? It’s worth nothing in terms of money, a little in terms of hassle if it’s lost/stolen/broken. What do I do? I took it with me.. When I sat back down, the chap (because this is a real situation I’m describing here) jokes with me that I could have left it. I have to come clean with him. I WAS wondering if it were rude not to trust them to look after it.
And the next time I left my seat… I left it. I asked them if they would mind, and left it with them. I then saw the chap, 2 mins later after I’d had a slash and was heading for the door for a fag - looking for me. He beckoned me over.
He said no. I can’t look after it. It might be a bomb. And he’s right. In the ethics of the modern age, he can’t take the responsibly of looking after my bomb-shaped satchel in a crowded pub.
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