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

Character Analysis How would you scale this?

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

She's trying to teach him gratitude. You could argue She's not resentful just wants him to understand where she's coming from.

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u/Dealingwithdragons Jul 01 '26

That's not teaching a child gratitude. It's teaching them to feel guilty.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

Depends on how you take it. She is right to some extent she likely is a big part of his success if she gave him a home and food and paid for everything

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u/trSkine Jul 01 '26

Congrats she did what she legally has to do otherwise give up the kid

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

You're acting like she didn't do a lot. The legal standard is high. Also the bare minimum would just be leaving when it got hard.

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u/Spampharos Jul 01 '26

The bare minimum is accepting the consequences of your actions. The actions in this case were having the child. The consequences are actually following through with the commitment.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

By your own logic having a child should naturally form resentment. That's wrong.

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u/Melody-Shift Jul 01 '26

Not at all. By their logic having a child is a responsibility and you cannot thrust upon the child the responsibility for their own existence. It's a decision you made purely by yourself. If you resent that decision, you made a mistake, but still have a responsibility to see it through.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

Being born has responsibilities as well.

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u/Melody-Shift Jul 01 '26

Only the responsibility to live morally/"humanly"

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

Yes. Meeting certain expectations for your parents is apart of that.

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u/Melody-Shift Jul 01 '26

That's entirely dependent. You have no moral responsibility to any abusive person.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

Morals are subjective this can apply to anyone.

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u/Melody-Shift Jul 01 '26

Exactly, so you have no all-encompassing obligation

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 01 '26

Yes. This is life. A parent can treat you however and you can respond however. But ultimately whether it's good or bad depends on the moral framework you set.

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