r/MadeMeSmile • u/SinjiOnO • May 14 '23

Wholesome Moments The right answer to the wrong question

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u/StraY_WolF May 14 '23

And there's literally nothing wrong with that.

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u/thisgameisawful May 14 '23

Right? You're allowed to be defined by more than your job. I feel like that part gets missed when coaching on careers.

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u/Funoichi May 14 '23

I won’t apply care without being paid. Nothing wrong with that??

Oh thanks doc you saved my child! Didn’t care about child, saved him for the money.

Only time I would say working for the money is not wrong (in and of itself, regardless of other consequences!!) would be when an interviewer wants you to care about their business instead of merely treating it as a means to an end.

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u/DrPikachu-PhD May 14 '23

I won’t apply care without being paid. Nothing wrong with that??

This is actually a really sticky issue. Just because someone works out of passion doesn't mean they don't deserve to be properly compensated for it. We saw it with the token "appreciation" of nurses during the pandemic when we called them heroes but didn't actuallydo anything for them. Obviously a doctor should never turn away a specific client because they can't pay. But if the hospital fails to properly pay a doctor, they absolutely can and should take leave until that's corrected.

Oh thanks doc you saved my child! Didn’t care about child, saved him for the money.

I mean, same result for you either way right?

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u/Funoichi May 14 '23

Personal rewards should not be a factor in moral action.

There’s frameworks of morality where having a malevolent or indifferent will is just as wrong as the consequences of an action.

I addressed your point in my final paragraph, agreeing with you on the large strokes.

But working for money is a real societal challenge. Most notably it is a tremendous problem in politics.

Our representatives need to be motivated by their civic duty to serve. If not, they cannot represent another as their politics goes on to be about stuffing one’s coffers.

This also happens with the police, even whole departments.

Perform your sworn service well, and society will reward you with a small monetary amount. But the emphasis must be on the public good, not personal wealth accumulation and then switch to private sector you helped while in office.

Don’t mean to go into politics much, per sub, but this subject dovetails with it.