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"Whatever you want" is not a number. If you had said $20 million, would he have paid that? Did he have that kind of money? And true, the price to compromise yo
by bena 8y ago
"Whatever you want" is not a number. If you had said $20 million, would he have paid that? Did he have that kind of money?
And true, the price to compromise your morals in that case might have been too great. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
But I think comfort plays a large part in this. You've turned down unethical and dangerous projects because you could. You had enough income to survive so there's no need to risk anything. You could be slightly better off, but you're probably still doing good.
- oblib 8y agoThat line of thought could be extended to thinking that if one were uncomfortable enough nothing is beyond what one would do to be comfortable, but that's just not true for everyone, and it's not true for me. I've grown old enough now to say with certainty that I will die without compromising my morals like that, even if I die hungry, homeless, and cold.