Modern Morals

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.thetimes.co.za/Entertainm...spx?id=1054289

Modern Morals
Published:Aug 24, 2009

Q: I RECENTLY tested positive for the H1N1 virus. I told my partners that the results were negative and went to work. I had an important make-or-break meeting that I didn?t want to be excluded from. Two of my partners are now very sick but their doctors aren?t testing them due to a backlog of tests at pathology labs. I feel terrible. Should I tell them I lied about my results and that they probably caught the virus from me?

Their doctors have probably told them that they may have the virus even though they have not been tested. They may have been prescribed the necessary antiviral medication and they may have caught the virus from someone other than you. However, all of this does not excuse lying to them about your result. You made a mistake and you need to set the record straight. Hopefully, their admiration for your commitment to your work will outweigh their anger at the fact that you could have infected the staff and their families because you didn?t want to be left out.

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[Snowy Owl]

Re: Modern Morals

In many Regions of the World and in many Cultures, Local People are more sensitive and feel more responsable towards their neighbours, it a small World in those region.

For Urban Cultures tough, it is a totally different World, even if they have thousands of neighbours the live in anonyma and live publicly in vogue in their Culture.

Necessity of solidarity in this crisis might become the Mother of a New Collective Force that will make us more Conscious of the Other.

[colormyquilt]

Re: Modern Morals

This is not a moral dilemma it is how many people behave.

Without knowing so many things that would be helpful to know as we "listen for the second wave", I believe this to be true: it will take tremendous positive strength/ well-being from all so many to maneuver whatever will be placed before us in the months ahead.

I will be watching for those with this strength. I will be watching how they share this strength.

How do I know they are there? How do I know they have the strength to do what is needed to be done? How do I have faith in this strength?

Simply, look at this site.

A group of people...from around the world... most of which have not seen the face or heard the voice of those they work with... day after day... who consistently do the next right thing... with the hope...somehow in some way ...it will make a difference.

And there are more than us.