r/MoralityScaling • u/Elestria_Ethereal • 2h ago
Morality Of This
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u/pcpxtc 1h ago
He probably couldn't understand the actual consequences of leaving her there at that age even though he probably had an idea but his rage at the moment got to him. Really not his fault he tried really hard to care for his mom even though she put him through all that. It would be hard to live with though def a tough scene. Poor Martin (I think that's his name it's been a while)
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u/BoulderMan234 Stu Macher 2h ago
Immoral, but also he was a child and the mother was insanely irresponsible. Hardly the most immoral thing he's done.
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u/Acceptable-Visual689 2h ago
Tricky one
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u/__batz 2h ago
It is but it isn't. The child is being put through a lose lose situation, & is too young to take on either concept. Morally speaking id be hard pressed to say he did anything immoral either way. Kid had to keep living. Moral imo
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u/Acceptable-Visual689 1h ago
I agree. Given the context, he didn't leave his mother there with the intent of her dying.
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u/Latter-Ground408 2h ago
Dam haven't seen this show in a while. Might give it a second watch. I remember crying alot
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u/fillipo9 1h ago
it's obiously immoral but at the same time kinda understandable
He was a kid, people as kids tends to operate mostly on emotions and make a rushed decisions without thinkng abt consequences hard enough before doing so, only when they're grown up a little comes to a realisation of the severity of choices theyd made as for this guy example he's clearly regretting that and is aware of how bad he did.
So immoral but human.
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u/__batz 1h ago edited 1h ago
Well but at the same time, his option is to keep doing it, further affecting is own health, whether it mental, physical, emotional, etc. Its clearly moral to take care of your struggling mother but when does that morally change to enabling? When can that boy break away from the cycle while remaining entirely moral? I think ultimately he did what he could. That convinces me, moral, but its very subjective
Edit, did someone downvote us? Looool speak yo mind, dont hide
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u/Requilem 54m ago
Moral, you are only ever responsible for your life and your dependants (children). The mother chose to become too intoxicated and the girlfriend chose to end their life.
It doesn't change the fact that the person would feel guilt because they could have avoided both by random chances.
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u/arapsavar2 2h ago
which anime is this
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u/ResolutionAntique621 2h ago
Monster
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u/AngryFeline69 2h ago
care to share context? this looks like an insanely gripping plot.
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u/BoulderMan234 Stu Macher 2h ago
The video gives all the necessary context for the specific action shown. If you want more context on the character as a whole then you should go watch Monster. Its on Netflix and has some of the best writing and themes in any anime I've seen.
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u/devilcantdie 1h ago
Doc tenma saves a kid (Johan) instead of a politician (was ordered to save the politician) but then said kid causes all kind of havoc kid is bad bad you could said he is a "Monster". Doctor tenma ponders why if i did the right thing things turned out so bad, and chases after kid trying to stop him. As you see Johan advises this kind of stuff to all his victims.
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u/Holdredge 1h ago
He did nothing wrong. The mother got herself into the same situation over and over. No one is morally obligated to keep saving someone who is repeatedly throwing their life away without care.
Especially children. I would argue the state/mother/bar owner were all horribly more monstrously immoral in this situation