GREED and FAIRNESS (was Bitter Pills)

From: Barbara Lamar (barbaralamar@sanmarcos.net)
Date: Thu Jun 06 2002 - 22:40:26 MDT


What would be the right thing to do in the following situation?

 You pay $20 for a desk at a garage sale. You take the desk home and decide
to take out all the drawers to give them a good cleaning. Pulling out the
middle drawer, you notice a button that had been hidden by the drawer. You
press the button and a secret compartment springs open, revealing a stash of
$10,000 cash. Do you consider the cash a bonus, rightfully yours since you
purchased the desk? Or do you return the $10,000 to the seller?

Barbara Lamar



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