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Originally Posted by Windguy
The answer is a definite NO. It is not your responsibility to keep someone else safe. However, it is your responsibility to avoid doing things that endanger others. By spraying C-19 germs around, your are endangering others.
Let's look at a couple of related moral examples.
Suppose you are rushing down the sidewalk so you don't miss the bus to work. You see a child start to chase a ball into the street just as a car is coming. Is it your responsibility to stop that child from running into the street even though you might be late for the bus? I wouldn't think it was my responsibility, but it would be the moral thing to do. Maybe you would think that it's just fate and that life isn't fair. The kid just won the Darwin award. How would you feel if a stranger let your child die because it wasn't their responsibility? Bitter?
Suppose you are rushing to the train station in your car and were worried that you might miss the train. Now, suppose a child chases a ball into the street. Is it your responsibility to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting the child? Or, is it infringing on your rights to get to the station on time because stopping to avoid killing the child might make you miss the train?
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Great post! Unfortunately since the younger folks tend not to die from the Coronavirus, AKA "Chinese Virus", thier attitude seems to be "screw you boomer, I'm going to the beach, sucks to be you". I believe in karma.