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Feb. 5th, 2011 12:16 amToday's philosophical query: let us put the case that a man stops me on Oxford Street (Tottenham Court Road end) and asks the way to Soho, in a non-London accent, without a map, seeming to be a little lost, and showing light stubble with a gray, not recently showered or bathed, tinge... do any ethical dilemmas arise?
1) Soho is quite big as London districts go, reckoning from Cambridge Circus to Golden Square. Do I have a duty to tell him so and ask for any further distinctions? (Do I want to know what, exactly, he wants? Hell no.)
2) Soho, and places like it, have been ripping off visitors to the city ever since the great days of Bartholomew Fair. Do I have a duty to warn him?
In any case, I did not actually think all this out at the time: I pointed him at the road south to Soho Square, which is unlikely to be what he wanted, but from where he could easily get to Old Compton Street and whatever form of debauchery he may require. Hey-ho.
1) Soho is quite big as London districts go, reckoning from Cambridge Circus to Golden Square. Do I have a duty to tell him so and ask for any further distinctions? (Do I want to know what, exactly, he wants? Hell no.)
2) Soho, and places like it, have been ripping off visitors to the city ever since the great days of Bartholomew Fair. Do I have a duty to warn him?
In any case, I did not actually think all this out at the time: I pointed him at the road south to Soho Square, which is unlikely to be what he wanted, but from where he could easily get to Old Compton Street and whatever form of debauchery he may require. Hey-ho.
