Housing exposes a fundamental flaw in institutionalized ethics.

[JackHatchet]

I love ethics, because they can change so wildly between person to person. What one person views as right may be wrong to another. To cut it short, housing exposes how obvious it is that some people's ethics are based on whether they system or rules allow them to behave in such a way. An action isn't inherently right or wrong, unless the rule say so.

For example. A lot of people think it's ethically ok to own multiple houses. Not because of any ethical reasoning, but because the rules say it's ok. "I'm not breaking any rules, therefore my behaviors are correct."

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Ethics can be extremely tricky to define, but I like to think on them. When I think of the housing issues. I don't think about "What I can get away with according to the rules," but rather, "what would be the most ethical way to handle this situation? How should I behave as a person in society."

The truth of housing is that it is limited. It's a limited resource. So ethically speaking, could I really justify having additional houses for alts? Is it "the right thing to do?" When you get down to the black and white of it--there's no logically way one can reason owning more than one house other than pure selfish greed.

And I think that's what really bothers me about all the people trying to defend houses for their alts. I don't think it's the act itself, but rather that these people have disillusioned themselves to believing their behavior is ethical simply because the rules say "it's ok."

It's s a dangerous thought-path to have. To base right and wrong based on what the rules tell you rather than taking the time to think-critically on the matter. It wouldn't bother me so much if people just owned up to their selfish desires and admitted that they're taking houses away from other people, and they're greedy and they want to keep what they worked for. You know? That's fair, right?

But I think it's morally wrong to be greedy, and then pretend like it's not wrong.