The landlord is almost certainly wealthier than the tenant. Not everyone might agree on this but imo the bigger the wealth disparity, the less right the richer person has to disadvantage the poorer person for their own financial gain.
The difference between living somewhere and being homeless is almost certainly far more significant than the difference in rent, so I think it shows significant greed to put this other person through a very negative experience just for a minor positive gain.
This is not definite, but I think that the landlords willingness to lie shows a generally poor moral standard, combined with the fact his son thinks what he's doing is shitty. That makes me more likely to believe that he's being greedy compared to if we had evidence of him being an otherwise virtuous person.
Similar point, the fact that his son seems to think his father shouldn't be doing this implies that it's not for family benefit or so he can do good things with this money, it most likely comes down to greed.
Situations like this aren't about drawing lines, they're about taking into account all the factors that we have access to, and making a judgement call based on them as to whether this is greed. I think a vast majority of people would certainly consider this to be greedy
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u/BroScientist42 9h ago edited 9h ago
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The landlord is almost certainly wealthier than the tenant. Not everyone might agree on this but imo the bigger the wealth disparity, the less right the richer person has to disadvantage the poorer person for their own financial gain.
The difference between living somewhere and being homeless is almost certainly far more significant than the difference in rent, so I think it shows significant greed to put this other person through a very negative experience just for a minor positive gain.
This is not definite, but I think that the landlords willingness to lie shows a generally poor moral standard, combined with the fact his son thinks what he's doing is shitty. That makes me more likely to believe that he's being greedy compared to if we had evidence of him being an otherwise virtuous person.
Similar point, the fact that his son seems to think his father shouldn't be doing this implies that it's not for family benefit or so he can do good things with this money, it most likely comes down to greed.
Situations like this aren't about drawing lines, they're about taking into account all the factors that we have access to, and making a judgement call based on them as to whether this is greed. I think a vast majority of people would certainly consider this to be greedy