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Modern Dilemmas: to give or not to give, a quandary at the check-out

Broadcast:
Friday 27 January 2017 9:43AM (view full episode)
Do you pay the difference at the checkout if you don't like the goods in the trolley? Image: Do you pay the difference at the checkout if you don't like the goods in the trolley? (diepre/Getty Image)

The Modern Dilemma - a curly, tricky sometimes delicate situation that catches you off guard. The inescapable ethical quandary that has us questioning how we feel, what we think…and what to do?

We begin this series with a quandary at the supermarket check-out.

What do you do when you realise the person in front of you doesn't have enough to cover their groceries but you don't like what they have in their trolley? What conditions do you place on your generosity?

Each Friday we are going to take a dilemma from your life to discuss, unravel, dissect and maybe even help solve it for you. Send your dilemma via email on the Life Matters web page or Facebook, ABC RN Lifematters

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Guests

Dr Matthew Beard
Ethicist and moral philosopher, the Ethics Centre
Carly Findlay
Carly has the skin condition, ichthyosis and also a passion for blogging and interviewing

Credits

Producer
Tracey Trompf
Presenter
Amanda Smith

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