1. Many parents could tell you that while a dirty diaper may initiate a midlife crisis, it is one of the least likely precursors to an ethical dilema. I would have agreed a month ago, before the night my 2 year old unleashed a new chemical weapon and the babywipes went AWOL. I woke my husband up, ran to the store down the road, bought some wipes, and on my way home I fell head first in front of a car. Luckily, the driver was watching for suicidal people and dodged my head with exceptional ease. Recovering quickly, I found myself quite furious with the object that had tripped me and, upon a solid kick, discovered it was wallet. I scooped up the scattered contents and continued home to conclude my previous engagement. If you haven't guessed that the moral decision I was confronted with was wether to return the wallet, you don't have to admit it as I will probably never know.
2. What options did I have at this point? I could return the wallet, but did the owner really deserve it back? I was angry and felt I was owed something, after all this wallet had almost cost me my life. Would it be wrong, in this situation, to keep the money and take the wallet to the lost and found? Should I take the American way out and just sue the Twinkie company?
3.Obviously a decision of this caliber had to be investigated further. Yes, I went through the contents of the wallet. I found out a lot about the irresponsible jerk who made the mistake of losing his wallet in such a ridiculous spot. Then I started to feel bad, not about going through the wallet, because I had been so angry at the owner of that wallet and I didn't even know him. Afterall, anyone can lose a wallet, and with the wallet being an inanimate object I really had no logical target for ...
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P2 - The wallet belonged to another human being
P3 - I found the wallet out of place
C- Therefore, it would be wrong of me not to return the wallet and it's contents
6. In hindsight I feel that I did the right thing. Even though the wallet caused me to trip, I am very glad I returned it. I think I would have been bothered by keeping it even without the knowledge that the money inside was for the man's prescriptions. If I had kept the wallet, I know I would have felt terribly guilty after a while and tried to return it then. The possibility that the man may have died without his medication, had I not returned his wallet, makes me feel even more ashamed that I considered keeping it for even a minute. I also enjoyed hearing some of his life stories, and having him thank me for being such a good person even after I told him I had considered keeping his wallet.
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