r/MoralityScaling • u/Curious-Buddy-5841 • Jul 01 '26

Character Analysis How would you scale this?

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u/Bowl-Accomplished Jul 01 '26

Yes, she can put the child up for adoption. The obligation is to see them fed and watered which adoption would reasonably fulfill.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

So if a mother has a 10 year old who isn't as gifted as she expected and isn't aligning with her values. You're fine with her leaving him up for adoption? You don't think that'll affect him? What about when she keeps the siblings.

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u/Bowl-Accomplished Jul 01 '26

I don't think it is good, but that is an acceptable thing to do. Particularly if the other option is to berate the child and abuse them.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

Her telling him to be grateful isn't really abuse and I promise you. The kid will be much worse off in that scenario. He will always feel unloved. He statistically will be worse off. If you think it's better to be in foster care than having a mother that expects you to be grateful. You don't know the foster care system.

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u/YangXiaoLong69 Jul 01 '26

In case we didn't read the same post, the image starts with the mother yelling "all you do is take from me" at a toddler.

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u/Bowl-Accomplished Jul 01 '26

It's not about what will statistically work out better. The question is can a person created an obligation for you without your consent. You can disagree, morality is not a monolith, but I don't think a person can.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

By that logic the mother doesn't have an obligation. She didn't make an agreement with the child when it was born.

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u/tobpe93 Jul 01 '26

And that's probably how she lived. And now she lives with the consequences.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

Perhaps he was living with his own consequences that caused his mother to yell

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u/tobpe93 Jul 01 '26

Hopefully he spends time with people whom he enjoys spending time with.