W: Excuse me. but I think you made a wrong turn. You are supposed to turn left on Rosen Boulevard.
M: Oh. I’m sorry. Didn’t you say 1323 Willson
W: No, 3023. It’s OK though. You don’t have to take me there, I can walk from here.
M: Why don’t I just make a U turn at the corner
W: Well, you shouldn’t make a U turn there. It’s the one-way, street. See the sign up the head
M: Well, maybe if I turn left here I can comedown the next street,
W: You can’t do that either during the rush hour. Really though, don’t go to any trouble. Sometimes one can wait 30 minutes for a taxi. So I’m happy to get this close,
M: Thirty minutes! I’ve been riding around all day looking for passengers.
Suppose you work in a library, checking people’s books as they leave, and a friend asks you to let him steal a hard-to-find reference book that he wants to own.
You might hesitate to agree for various reasons. You might be afraid that he’ll be caught, and that both you and he will then get into trouble. You might want the book to stay in the library so that you can read it yourself.
But you may also think that what he proposes is wrong--that he shouldn’t do it and you shouldn’t help him. If you think that, what does it mean and what, if anything, makes it true
To say it’s wrong is not just to say it’s against the rules. There can be bad rules which stop what isn’t wrong--like a company rule against criticizing the boss. A rule can also be bad because it requires something that is wrong--like a law that looks down upon black people in hotels and
A. he is afraid that his friend might get into trouble
B. he himself might get into trouble
C. he believes it is wrong to help one’s poor friend
D. he wants to read the book himself
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