A question of morality?
So I was staining some wood with oil in order to weather proof it. As I'm doing this a tiny little spider got stuck in a puddle of oil (I was applying it libraly). I watched for a minute. The spider didn't seem like it was going to get out of the puddle. Since I made the puddle I figured I should help it out. Now I was wearing gloves so I misjudged the distance and I ended up crushing the wee thing. So I wondered to myself, "Was my good intention really so good? Did I end up doing some wrong thing? After all the spider didn't ask for my help. Possibly if I had been a little more patient it would have pulled itself free and still be alive today?"
So my question here is: "If you do something to help someone and it turns out disasterously wrong because of your actions should you be held accountable even though you had only intended to help?"
So my question here is: "If you do something to help someone and it turns out disasterously wrong because of your actions should you be held accountable even though you had only intended to help?"
posted by Urban Shaman at 11:37 PM
2 Comments:
Haven't you ever heard of the phrase, "The path to hell is paved with good intentions." Next time, think before you act and take off the gloves! Possibly the real issue is that while you may have wanted to behelpful, you were still putting yourself first!
Well you definitely hit the nail on the head there. It was cold and I didn't want to take my gloves off. Hmm...if I had taken off at least one glove the whole thing could have turned out differently. So I guess at least part of the lesson here is "If you're gonna help out at least make an effort to do it right."
Thank you for your insight.
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