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Ethical rules exist for a reason - they help people avoid major pitfalls in life with serious consequences. People from higher social classes have a cushion th
by gyardley 13y ago
Ethical rules exist for a reason - they help people avoid major pitfalls in life with serious consequences.
People from higher social classes have a cushion that protects them from the consequences of their ethical lapses. A mistake that would consign a person of lower-class origins to a life of perpetual poverty or prison is frequently just an inconvenience to a higher-class person.
Because their consequences are less severe, of course the upper classes feel more free to ignore ethical guidelines. The real disaster happens when the lower classes decide to emulate them and get crushed.
- smtddr 13y agoYou are completely right and that's all there really is to it. That's why things like this happen: http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/16/world/asia/china-elite-children http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/16/world/asia/china-elite-childre...
- incision 13y agoThat is actually pretty tame relative what some rich kids do with their fancy cars. * Jewelry heir kills two men with his out of control Porsche, pays off the families, gets house arrest. This is after running over a cop a few years earlier. [0] * Red Bull heir kills a police officer and drags the body with his Ferrari, pays off the family with a mere $97K. [1] * Aspiring "interior designer" kills two men while driving recklessly in her mom's Porsche. One is killed instantly, she drags the other around a parking lot. [2] 0: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-06-03/news/ct-met-levin-hit-and-run-2-20110603_1_house-arrest-work-with-florida-authorities-craig-elford http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-06-03/news/ct-met-le... 1: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2355224/Aspiring-interior-designer-22-charged-manslaughter-DUI-struck-killed-pedestrians-mothers-Porsche.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2355224/Aspiring-int... 2: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/09/26/red-bull-heir-pays-97000-to-family-of-man-he-is-alleged-to-have-killed-with-a-1m-ferrari/ http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/09/26/red-bull-heir-pays-9...
- wpietri 13y agoReally? Because I thought the real disaster here was high social class actors who act unethically and harm lots of other people. E.g., the 2007-8 financial crisis.
- MaysonL 13y agoTrue enough, but how many high social class actors got life-changing bad consequences from the financial crisis? Did any of them end up in prison?