Motive means and oppontunity

I always think that humans are essentially good, but then again I am an optimist,...... on the radio yesterday there was a comment about the amount of solicitor's who have been jailed for fraud, which must mean that

(1) solicitors are inherently more dishonest that the rest of us( I doubt that ) or(2) its all about motive means and opportunity. In other words solicitors commit more crimes because they are in a position to do so.

So are we as humans inherently good? or are we good because we don't have the motive means and opportunity to do what we would really like to do?

kneemos

Germany 1939.
Depends on the circumstances.

biketard

kneemos wrote: »

Germany 1939.
Depends on the circumstances.

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shrewd

"Opportunity"

there is my chance to correct to the spellling mistake with the motive of being good

Sauve

shrewd wrote: »

"Opportunity"

there is my chance to correct to the spellling mistake with the motive of being good

It's not being nice to correct someones spelling, I'd consider it the opposite tbh.

py2006

Sauve wrote: »

It's not being nice to correct someones spelling, I'd consider it the opposite tbh.

Ah go away out of that. If politely done I'd appreciate being corrected.

Off topic, but my English is not fantastic it never had any effect on my I did very well in school, third level and had a good job, I am sure if it was today I would be getting all kinds of help( I am so glad I was never give any help in school and was just made get on with it ).

Its made me great with seeing a way around a problem and its made me stick with thing which has stood me in good stead.

Buzz Killington the third

Why is all the fun stuff illegal?

kneemos

py2006 wrote: »

Ah go away out of that. If politely done I'd appreciate being corrected.

Handing out bans for it the last I
herd.

Fat Christy

People, what a bunch of bastárds!

Badly Drunk Boy

shrewd wrote: »

"Opportunity"

there is my chance to correct to the spellling mistake with the motive of being good

In fairness, it looked more like a typo than a spelling mistake, a bit like spelling 'spelling' with 3 ls.

:pac:

Banjo String

(1) solicitors are inherently more dishonest that the rest of us( I doubt that )

They spend a great deal of their time getting their clients 'off' with offences.

"your honour my client was unaware he stole a horse. He simply found a rope in a field, he was unaware the horse was tied to one end of it. "

It's basically professional lying tbh

Badly Drunk Boy

With regards to motive, means, and opportunity, I'm sure if the opportunity presents itself often enough, and you know of others that are getting away with it, a lot of people would be tempted. However, others are decent.

The wife of a friend of mine to the accounts for an old couple who are loaded. Multi-millionaires. They don't pay her that well, an when the business shuts down (which is likely to be sooner rather than later, due to their age) she'll be out of a job and probably without a farewell bonus. She could easily swindle them for millions or even a few thousand, but she never has.

Banjo String

Banjo String wrote: »

They spend a great deal of their time getting their clients 'off' with offences.

"your honour my client was unaware he stole a horse. He simply found a rope in a field, he was unaware the horse was tied to one end of it. "

It's basically professional lying tbh

So your point is their profession make them become more fluid about dishonesty and thus more likely to commit fraud that the rest of us?

Banjo String

mariaalice wrote: »

So your point is their profession make them become more fluid about dishonesty and thus more likely to commit fraud that the rest of us?

Well not really, but they're experts at bending the rules and exploiting loopholes.

Look at that lawyer that got OJ Simpson acquitted. He later went on to get Stevie Wonder his driving license back.

Calibos

That career might just have a selection bias where there is a higher proportion of intelligent people with psychopathies attracted to it.