Is Drug Dealing Immoral?

Oh My GAWD!!!!!!!

Someone should confiscate my keyboard!!!!!

 

It's annoying to witness.

 

I could add being a bartender, working at a liquor store, selling cigarettes, or possibly even working at Starbucks (caffeine is a drug).

 

Apparently there's something called sex addiction, so ....

 

Apparently, there are very few immoral jobs that I haven't done, and I've enjoyed them all.

Well... I've not yet sunk to the level of Starbucks.

 

I worked at Starbucks in HS. I guess I have a checkered past.

 

I'll try to forgive you.

 

Whatever you do, the more your actions cause harm for others (for your own benefit), the farther down the scale of immortality you go, I guess everyone has a different scale though.

 

I value freedom and individual responsibility. "Victim-less crimes" are called that for a reason. Nobody chooses to be a murder or robbery victim. Participation in prostitution and recreational drug use is by choice. People weigh risks versus benefits.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mDmEs5So-8

 

Have to agree with this Karen. Too many people want to absolve themselves from taking responsibility for their own actions.

 

Exactly. When a guy decides he wants me as his escort he knows what he is doing. No one forces him. If a partner then finds out, some people might point the finger at me and shout "You are to blame". Actually I am not. Am I in the relationship with her...?

I actually really enjoy what I do for work (no two days are ever the same...) but i also know that things might get a bit nasty for me. My choice, my responsibility. No one else ever to blame for that, except me. But then I take my responsibilities seriously and will not point the finger at others.

 

To my way of thinking, there is only one moral law; don't harm other people if it can be avoided. Other laws are needed only to explain what the first law means in a complicated world.

 

I agree, but still a person who takes advantage of another's poor choices (in some cases, the only choice they feel they have), is to some degree more immoral than one who doesn't.

 

How can anyone not agree?

 

Give the church people about ten seconds to come up with something.

 

So what about someone who sells cigarettes at a store to a smoker?

 

I feel the same. Anyone who tries to benefit at the expense of another is exhibiting immoral behavior, in my opinion. I understand that most can justify sellng cigarettes, unhealthy fast food, and harmful drugs in some circumstances. If you need money to survive, or take care of those dependant on you, you do what it takes. It's still causing harm though. Of course we all cause harm, even with the best of intentions.

I don't think badly of the person behind the counter. The cigarette manufacturers, harmful drug manufacturers, and fast food chain owners (who sell out of greed) are in a different category as far as I'm concerned. I don't see any justification there.

I hope to see more views on this.

I wish I would have worded this differently. Instead of saying that a person is more immoral, I feel that it is only the behavior that is more immoral.

 

so you sold cigarettes and enjoyed it? this must not have been the typical convenience store job then, because that seems like it would be miserable.

 

I was a bartender for a summer, and we kept a few packs behind the bar for sale. Not a high volume item for us, just a convenience for the customers. When the bar was quiet enough that I had time to chat, it was a fun job.