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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5430830" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>I've prefixed this as an ethics question. Somebody will point out there's a better term for these kinds of questions. Whatever.</p><p></p><p>The question I'm pondering, is there some sort of requirement/expectation that you always have to help family, even if they are a good-for-nothing person?</p><p></p><p>What prompted this for me, was seeing the latest "No ordindary family" show with the good-for-nothing brother visiting. It got me pondering.</p><p></p><p>Do you always have to come to your family member's aid?</p><p></p><p>Give them a place to stay?</p><p>Feed them?</p><p>bail them out of jail?</p><p>hide them from the police?</p><p>help them bury the body?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>One of the complaints I heard about Iraq, is the culture over there is such that people ALWAYS choose family over any other. Thus, a family may hide a murderer or rapist from the law. Even though they know he is a bad man.</p><p></p><p>The result was it made it hard to track down bad guys over there, because the people protected their family members.</p><p></p><p>Ignoring where it came from, thats an example where choosing family over all other considerations as an extreme means that justice is prevented.</p><p></p><p>But what about lesser cases?</p><p></p><p>If your kid is lazy and doesn't get a job, and gets thrown out of his apartment, do you HAVE to let them move back in?</p><p></p><p>Is it wrong not to let them stay there, knowing they'll not change?</p><p></p><p>Is it wrong to stay in school and not drop-out to support your parents who are alcoholics by working a dead-end job?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5430830, member: 8835"] I've prefixed this as an ethics question. Somebody will point out there's a better term for these kinds of questions. Whatever. The question I'm pondering, is there some sort of requirement/expectation that you always have to help family, even if they are a good-for-nothing person? What prompted this for me, was seeing the latest "No ordindary family" show with the good-for-nothing brother visiting. It got me pondering. Do you always have to come to your family member's aid? Give them a place to stay? Feed them? bail them out of jail? hide them from the police? help them bury the body? One of the complaints I heard about Iraq, is the culture over there is such that people ALWAYS choose family over any other. Thus, a family may hide a murderer or rapist from the law. Even though they know he is a bad man. The result was it made it hard to track down bad guys over there, because the people protected their family members. Ignoring where it came from, thats an example where choosing family over all other considerations as an extreme means that justice is prevented. But what about lesser cases? If your kid is lazy and doesn't get a job, and gets thrown out of his apartment, do you HAVE to let them move back in? Is it wrong not to let them stay there, knowing they'll not change? Is it wrong to stay in school and not drop-out to support your parents who are alcoholics by working a dead-end job? [/QUOTE]
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