the ethics of thinking immoral thoughts theme

We are made to ponder whether merely pondering a supposedly immoral act might be ethical or unethical.

Examples

In tz2019e2x09 "Try, Try", Marc was stuck in a peculiar loop where he repeated the same day over again indefinitely, here at least for the ten-thousandth time. The story turned on the ethical question of whether Claudia, in Marc's daily re-run, was like a figment of his imagination that he could treat as he liked since she would remember nothing the next time around.

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tz2019e2x09 major The story turned on the ethical question of whether Claudia was real enough that it was wrong of Marc to treat her badly.