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Yeah if a doctor said “I don’t really care about my patients’ lives. I just like the power of being able to prevent death” I really think that’s perfectly fine

by gretch 4y ago

creaghpatr 4y ago
Psychopaths are overrepresented in surgery/EMT work if I'm not mistaken, for better or worse.
- feet 4y ago
  So many surgeons with god complexes
- bitwize 4y ago
  That would account for "Stephen Strange" types who take on challenging surgeries just to prove they can do it and deserve their posh surgeon salary.
canjobear 4y ago
If they prevent my death, I don't care why.
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- minsc_and_boo 4y ago
  I would surmise you do care if the doctor lopped off a limb when a couple rounds of antibiotics would have worked. Motive is tied to the means, not just the ends.
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slg 4y ago
That would be fine, but what if it is a slightly different "I don’t really care about my patients’ lives. I just like the power of having a hand in whether people live or die."? Doesn't that start to sound a little questionable? As Dan says "The goal is to protect the business — not to ruin people’s lives." Is Alex getting that "huge adrenaline rush" from protecting Walmart's property? Or is he getting that adrenaline from having power over people? Because his desire "to move back to the field side, where we actually deal with people" seems to imply that it is the power over people that he craves and not the loss prevention.
- gretch 4y ago
  Not to me. I don't trust peoples' self assessment of their own motivations or goals. Typically they paint themselves in some sort of distorted light and it really has no effect on their actual outcomes or deliverables. Also, I can't think of a 'better' answer to that question really. > I just do this to pay the bills Okay, so he doesn't care at all what happened to me > I really care about saving peoples' lives Yeah, that's what I would say if I were an evil guy All I would really care about is their surgery success rate and track record.

Yeah if a doctor said “I don’t really care about my patients’ lives. I just like the power of being able to prevent death” I really think that’s perfectly fine

by gretch 4y ago

Yeah if a doctor said “I don’t really care about my patients’ lives. I just like the power of being able to prevent death” I really think that’s perfectly fine

creaghpatr 4y ago

Psychopaths are overrepresented in surgery/EMT work if I'm not mistaken, for better or worse.

feet 4y ago
So many surgeons with god complexes
bitwize 4y ago
That would account for "Stephen Strange" types who take on challenging surgeries just to prove they can do it and deserve their posh surgeon salary.

canjobear 4y ago

If they prevent my death, I don't care why.

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minsc_and_boo 4y ago
I would surmise you do care if the doctor lopped off a limb when a couple rounds of antibiotics would have worked. Motive is tied to the means, not just the ends.

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slg 4y ago

That would be fine, but what if it is a slightly different "I don’t really care about my patients’ lives. I just like the power of having a hand in whether people live or die."? Doesn't that start to sound a little questionable? As Dan says "The goal is to protect the business — not to ruin people’s lives." Is Alex getting that "huge adrenaline rush" from protecting Walmart's property? Or is he getting that adrenaline from having power over people? Because his desire "to move back to the field side, where we actually deal with people" seems to imply that it is the power over people that he craves and not the loss prevention.

gretch 4y ago
Not to me. I don't trust peoples' self assessment of their own motivations or goals. Typically they paint themselves in some sort of distorted light and it really has no effect on their actual outcomes or deliverables. Also, I can't think of a 'better' answer to that question really. > I just do this to pay the bills Okay, so he doesn't care at all what happened to me > I really care about saving peoples' lives Yeah, that's what I would say if I were an evil guy All I would really care about is their surgery success rate and track record.