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by crazygringo 256 days ago
Yeah, but you have to factor in the probability of the orange jumpsuit.

You're not going to be of much use to your family in jail.

It's still a difficult decision, but it's not just your job vs your morality. It's your job vs morality+potential jail.

We dish out criminal sentences precisely in order to affect the equation like this, because we know people don't always act on morality alone.