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Literally just read the top few comments. This isn't that hard mate: > The reason this act breaks a moral boundary is that it subverts a principle of "ends" [1
by strix_varius 4y ago
Literally just read the top few comments. This isn't that hard mate:
> The reason this act breaks a moral boundary is that it subverts a principle of "ends" [1]. A genuine random act of kindness cannot occur if it's being filmed. Filming the act turns it into a virtue display. It also turns the subject into an object of utility, a means and not and end in themself.
> She was actually being kind to him by doing him a favor, and then he basically ran away and stuck her with them. That's not kind at all, it's pushy and exploitative. As someone who doesn't usually like to accept gifts from random strangers, I'd be really put off and uncomfortable; and that's before taking into consideration the fact that it was filmed and put online for people to gawk at.