Exactly. This man is a role model and did what I hope I would be able to do, but I wouldn’t expect that to be standard behavior, nor would I find it unforgivable if someone wasn’t able to literally starve to death while surrounded by food. Like, it is morally wrong imo, but that’s an incredible amount of self control that I would not have expected to be possible before learning about him.
Unclear, but his community decided together that they would divvy food up as they did, then he followed that. If I were dividing food in that sort of scenario, I’d probably give more to soldiers, doctors, and young people over bakers, because they represent very difficult to transfer skills (at least during a siege) and your city’s future.
Anyone who decided on their own that they need nourishment more than the community would not be someone I want as a baker going forward though, so he wouldn’t have been able to help people with it anyway.
Exactly. This man is a role model and did what I hope I would be able to do, but I wouldn’t expect that to be standard behavior, nor would I find it unforgivable if someone wasn’t able to literally starve to death while surrounded by food. Like, it is morally wrong imo, but that’s an incredible amount of self control that I would not have expected to be possible before learning about him.
He could have helped more people had he lived, no?
Unclear, but his community decided together that they would divvy food up as they did, then he followed that. If I were dividing food in that sort of scenario, I’d probably give more to soldiers, doctors, and young people over bakers, because they represent very difficult to transfer skills (at least during a siege) and your city’s future.
Anyone who decided on their own that they need nourishment more than the community would not be someone I want as a baker going forward though, so he wouldn’t have been able to help people with it anyway.