@elbanditoroso: “No one should force me to take on an emotional debt or obligation”
I’m not sure anyone is advocating this. Aren’t we talking about what we would do, not what the law is, right?
@elbanditoroso: “I’‘m sticking with my original answer.”
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“They made the determination that the item was of no value to them before I ever walked up the driveway. That was their assessment – I didn’t cheat them or lie to them – that was their choice. Maybe they are ignorant. Not my problem.”
Does this original answer apply even if the “determination” is unlikely to be something that can occur without a lack of knowledge, and therefore was made out of pure ignorance?
It sounds like you are sympathetic (you have stated this), but equate ethics with law. Am I wrong? Are you to act morally or compassionately only when forced to?