Mere Christianity – C. S. Lewis (1952)
It is often a matter of perception, in that what someone does to another they may class as justified but, if another person did that same thing to them against their will then it might not be viewed in the same light.
Everyone has their own, almost inbuilt moral standards. They could have been passed down through the generations, acquired from peers or because of self-improvement, it doesn’t really matter how someone arrives at them what is important is how much store they place in them.
It always makes me smile when a convicted thief bemoans the fact that personal belongings are pilfered whilst they are serving time at her majesty’s pleasure. The fact that they are in such an establishment as a result of taking something that was not theirs to take does not seem to come into their logic of fair-play. Likewise, the motorists that complain about cars parked illegally, but shout their corner with justifiable excuses when issued a parking ticket for doing the same thing. People with this mind-set adhere to the notion of upholding principles, unless it is administered to them.
Car mechanics will advise on repairs and matters of safety to their customers, but often drive the worst maintained vehicles, electricians warn of health and safety issues but can be seen to totally ignore it when it comes to their own properties and so on, and so on.
Although naturally not everyone falls into this category I think it is safe to say that most people at one time or another in their lives have a … It’s not fair moment regardless of the logic that surrounds it.