You are welcome spirit wondering.Spirit Wandering wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 15:32Yes, I think the principles of physics would apply. I would think that Alex losing his girlfriend and being caught in the net of the CIA would certainly qualify as a reaction. Thanks for reading the post and replying.
The ethical dilemmas in Superhighway
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Re: The ethical dilemmas in Superhighway
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Ethics, however, I do not feel matter when it is serious gangsters and terrorists he is stealing from. The collateral damage there would most likely be another person of equal stature. Except as you said, in the instance where an innocent life was taken. Then again, it was the choice of antagonist to commit this crime, sure the victim was put in danger by the actions of the theft. She most certainly should have never been hurt, had Alex been less childish with his gift.
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Good points-thanks for reading the post and replying.VictoriaMcMillen wrote: ↑21 Mar 2018, 14:48 Your post definitely raises some serious thoughts. I agree the author did not go into much detail about the ripple effects, the actions the character was taking, was having on the rest of the world. Aside from the economic discussions, there was not much told on how the money affected the lives of who it was meant to help. It seemed the character easily fell into the "wealthy mindset" of throwing money at problems and not quite knowing how to follow through. I didn't see the book as just about the "digital Robin Hood" storyline, but the epic underlying story of how he became this way. I believe this was more the author's story than the actual moving of wealth... although we shall see in the next books.
Ethics, however, I do not feel matter when it is serious gangsters and terrorists he is stealing from. The collateral damage there would most likely be another person of equal stature. Except as you said, in the instance where an innocent life was taken. Then again, it was the choice of antagonist to commit this crime, sure the victim was put in danger by the actions of the theft. She most certainly should have never been hurt, had Alex been less childish with his gift.
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Thanks for reading the post and adding your perspective.desantismt_17 wrote: ↑06 Apr 2018, 08:34 I didn't agree with Alex taking the money, even if it was from crime lords. If he's stealing it, he's the same as the thieves he took it from, especially since he puts a decent amount of the money toward himself. I do agree that large numbers of individuals doing what Alex does would result in chaos, but there is a good point to helping those in need. When Alex forms his charity organization, I think his heart is in the right place, but his method to fund the organization wasn't the right one.
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Yes, it is a difficult topic of ethics. Thanks for replying.charmaineperit wrote: ↑27 Apr 2018, 12:03 Bad actions shouldn't be justified by good consequences. But it's a really difficult topic of ethics, sometimes, the good outways the bad that we still find it "heroic".
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As for his actions, it is all a question of perspective. He steals from who he and the society as a whole call "criminals". In other words, he imposes his own judgment on said persons, considering that their wealth is unjustified. On the other hand, under his own judgment, he decides to give part of that money to a man in a street situation that seems to have ended up there because of what that same criminal did. Like every other human being, his judgment is not perfect, and it's only a matter of time before he ends up robbing someone that may not deserve to be robbed...
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Your comments are well thought out and insightful. Thanks for replying.KRay93 wrote: ↑02 May 2018, 09:53 Books like these are the ones that remind us why we will never have that kind of powers. We are simply not prepared to consider all the possible ramifications of using that kind of power.
As for his actions, it is all a question of perspective. He steals from who he and the society as a whole call "criminals". In other words, he imposes his own judgment on said persons, considering that their wealth is unjustified. On the other hand, under his own judgment, he decides to give part of that money to a man in a street situation that seems to have ended up there because of what that same criminal did. Like every other human being, his judgment is not perfect, and it's only a matter of time before he ends up robbing someone that may not deserve to be robbed...
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Thanks for reading the post and replying.Helpme71 wrote: ↑06 May 2018, 20:08 I think that Alex should be held accountable for his actions, regardless of the fact that he was "stealing from the rich to give to the poor". While it seems right to him, there are better ways to do these things. As you mentioned, sometimes his actions led to the worst possible outcome (such as death). However, I also believe that these negative outcomes are a sort of consequence for Alex's actions.
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Yes, until his girl friend was killed, he saw himself as a kind of Robin Hood, as he set up a foundation and gave away a lot of money. Thanks for reading the review and replying