Did you lose money? Moral question.?
If you are walking into a casino and a stranger hands you $200 and with that $200 you go gamble on the black jack table. You are dealt some hands and before you know it, you are out of money. Completely out! That $200 is now gone. The moral question is; did YOU LOSE $200?
I feel since that money was not originally yours and you did not work for that money, you did not lose a dime. In order to lose the money, you have to expend energy in order to gain the money you lost.
My opposition thinks that any money that has entered your pocket weather it's through work or charity is considered your's and if you lose it. You are "down" 200 dollars.
Please answer with your opinion.... thanks!
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This is not a moral question, more of a semantic/logical one.
Yes, you lost money, because if you had walked out of the casino, you would have been 200$ richer, as you were the second you got it. Chronologically, you got 200$, then you lost 200$. Period. How you got it doesn't matter. We get money as gifts, by luck (my aunt finds money on the street all the time, though usually only a 1$ or 5$ bill), by earning, by interest in an account, by selling junk, by inheritance, etc.
Now, you may not FEEL like you lost the money, because you had no time to gain an attachment to the money and whatever you might have done with it besides gamble. Normally, it takes time to acquire 200$ before we can spend any of it. Paychecks come once every two weeks. That is a lot of time to get attached to the idea of MINE before you get it. Then, you are more disappointed when you lose it.
Better question: if money is so important to the hypothetical you, why are "you" gambling?
Ha ha, cheers!