Have you ever experienced a situation where you felt like your moral values were put to the test?

• N

  n***

  2026-06-26

  I worked in a hospital pharmacy, I had to help prepare medication for pediatric end-of-life care. Even though I knew the goal was to relieve suffering and the decision wasn't mine, i still filled orders and administered mediciation that shortened a patients lifespan. There was no right answer ethically.

• A

  a***

  2026-06-26

  I found out someone in my family cheated on their spouse (because they stupidly told me). I absolutely hate cheaters, but in this case, there really wasn't anything I could do without fucking them, their spouse and myself over. I suppose they told me because they knew I wouldn't be able to do anything.

• T

  t***

  2026-06-26

  # NAI!

• M

  m***

  2024-05-10

  everyday

• S

  s***

  2024-05-07

  Yes, sometimes. Nothing I remember the specifics of well enough right now, though. I do have one other thing to say I’ve started to think that, while there are some baseline morals that everyone agrees on (like murder is bad, attacking someone is bad, betrayal is bad, etc.), most morals are probably better described as cultural rather than objective (as in, people from one culture may have certain morals, and people from another culture may have different morals)

• F

  f***

  2024-05-07

  I believe this experience would be called "living life" and that everyone has very frequently experienced it.

• N

  n***

  2024-05-07

  Not really

• K

  k***

  2024-05-07

  everyday... i live like a rebel

• F

  f***

  2024-05-07

  昨日☝️

• P

  p***

  2024-05-07

  Letting go of toxic relationships I guess. Because I was always taught to be kind and patient. But if you're not doing the same to me and just draining my precious time and energy.

• A

  a***

  2024-05-07

  I just remembered one. My last job I quit at some point because the job just sucked massive balls, another departments lead asked me if I'd be contend to stay if I worked for him instead and he gave me an entirely new position. I agreed because I naively thought that things might get better there. Anyhow, I was moved from the open-plan office into a 2 person office with my female HR colleague. She was about my age. I had experienced our Software Requirements Engineer, who was basically a superior to me, oogle her before. Guy was an absolute piece of shit, but he was key personell, there was no firing him. Apart from just being a bad person overall he would literally interrupt meeting you had with him once any female colleague entered the programmers office to gravitate towards them. His toxicity was part of why I initially quit to begin with. Anyhow, he would regularly come into our office to flirt with my colleague, something that he did not do this often previously, but probably felt necessary now that I was sharing an office with her. (unfounded, if I may add) One day he came in and went: "What is this here on the blackboard". My colleague got up to explain what it was they were planning there. The PoS grabbed her by the lower waist and pulled her towards himself, she tried to wriggle out and had to struggle to make him let go. I was sitting there in absolute shock. I don't want to take away from how shitty this must have been for her to be sexually assaulted like that, but by god. What do you do in that situation as an observer? I contemplated saying something because I found that to be utterly despicable, but there were so many things going through my head. We committed a lot of crimes at that company. Things that would not only get us fired if they were found out, but probably land someone in jail for negligence. It was like a cold war, if any spoke out we'd all get into trouble, so nobody wanted to risk pissing anyone off enough to set that off, and that guy was a sociopath. Additionally he was my boss, which already put me in a disadvantaged position. And lastly, me saying something would have disadvantaged her too. It was obvious that she didn't enjoy that but there most probably were also hidden forces compelling her decision not to do anything, she was HR after all, I would have basically made a play for her, which.. isn't that just as bad? So even though every fiber of my being was shouting to say or do something, I didn't. I still wonder if that was the right call.

• K

  k***

  2024-05-07

  i dunno, i feel like i've always been pretty resolute in my morals

• W

  w***

  2024-05-07

  Constantly for past 4 days while binge learning

• S

  s***

  2024-05-07

  yes

• J

  j***

  2024-05-07

  I stopped a fight between an anarchist and an old grumpy german racist, definitely a difficult situation to deal with

• U

  u***

  2024-05-07

  ngl everyday, i'm put to the test whenever i interact with someone

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