Re: What\'s a good man to do?
It is analogous in a way, as I see it. We are equally responsible for non-action as action. The fellow in the street needs help, as do the masses of poor people in the businessman's case. Both the (good?) Samaritan and the businessmen are aware of suffering and given an option to exert effort and aid it. The businessman choosing not to spend his money in Vegas is therefore analogous to the passerby leaving the beaten man to the vultures.
(Yes, I know that I'm playing devil's advocate here ^_^)
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