On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote:
> Fine story and I enjoyed it (thanks) but there's an ethical question
> whose answer is unclear to me: When one is among others who are
> struggling with a problem to which you know the answer, is there any
> moral obligation to share it with them? The answer, clearly, is "It
> depends". On what? -T
>
In the Philippines, the operant word is "relationships" -- here
"random acts of kindness to stranger" sometimes does not have the
desired effect and, more often than not, viewed with suspicion ("what
does he want?" "how much will he charge"). We have this cultural
thing called "utang na loob" ("debt of gratitude" ...but something is
lost in translation) which bonds the recipient of a kind deed to the
giver unless he can match the deed. Positively, it bonds friends and
family, negatively it can create a social bondage. So the
suspicion...
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Bong Manayon
http://www.bong.uni.cc
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