is gambling ethical?

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gambling is often seen as a harmful habit. my question to you is, in a completely free society, should someone be prevented from providing gambling services for the good of society?

from an individual point of view, it is everyone's choice to gamble or not to gamble. the management of your money is entirely up to you in a physical sense. but that doesn't change the fact that some people are going to go bankrupt, their lives are going to be very difficult with the existence of gambling. if it was up to you to allow gambling, knowing that it is inevitable when enough people are involved in gambling, would you consider it ethical?

do you think that things that can harm a person through their choices should be prevented, or is everyone responsible for their own decisions as long as they are not forced to make them?

[Mahanton]

gambling is often seen as a harmful habit. my question to you is, in a completely free society, should someone be prevented from providing gambling services for the good of society?

from an individual point of view, it is everyone's choice to gamble or not to gamble. the management of your money is entirely up to you in a physical sense. but that doesn't change the fact that some people are going to go bankrupt, their lives are going to be very difficult with the existence of gambling. if it was up to you to allow gambling, knowing that it is inevitable when enough people are involved in gambling, would you consider it ethical?

do you think that things that can harm a person through their choices should be prevented, or is everyone responsible for their own decisions as long as they are not forced to make them?

We do know that these business do really that exist or something that do pertains about giving out some leisure and entertainment into to those who do really want to have fun. It is ethical? There's no such thing about having such question because gambling had been long time existed and this is really that for the sake of fun and entertainment. It is really just that become that turned out to be a bad thing just because of peoples actions towards it or the mentality that they are setting on, on which it will really be that resulting into that devastation into their own lives because of it. You wont really be putting up yourself into such trouble if you are really just that sensible into the actions and things that you've been dealing with. It is really just that they will really be only having those kind of thinking at the time that they are experiencing unfortunate conditions and not on the time that they will really be that still playing. Can it be prevented? Of course it is. It is really just that people are really that making up some actions on which it is really just that too much or something that talks about having lose of control. Disasters will really be that happening just because you arent that thinking up sensibly into the current doings that you do have. You will be making out adjustments if you have seen that you have lost a huge chunk of money out of your life savings. Also, come to think that this industry is really that becoming profitable into its owners because the mentality of most gamblers is that they can make them rich at the time that they would be dealing on with but once that the reality slap into their faces then this is where things do start to made them realize that it was wrong.

[Oasisman]

do you think that things that can harm a person through their choices should be prevented, or is everyone responsible for their own decisions as long as they are not forced to make them?

The answers to this question are similar to why cigarettes and liquors still exists, or even drugs. These are all worse than gambling. It does not only burn your money gradually, but will burn you physically and mentally. Why has the government not doing anything at all to prevent lung cancers and liver cancers?
Ethical or not, as long as it brings huge sum to the table, people would always find a way to accept that "legally", because the magic word is that "we are all responsible on our own decisions."
But, should I say "nothing personal my friend, just doing business"
 

[swogerino]

gambling is often seen as a harmful habit. my question to you is, in a completely free society, should someone be prevented from providing gambling services for the good of society?

from an individual point of view, it is everyone's choice to gamble or not to gamble. the management of your money is entirely up to you in a physical sense. but that doesn't change the fact that some people are going to go bankrupt, their lives are going to be very difficult with the existence of gambling. if it was up to you to allow gambling, knowing that it is inevitable when enough people are involved in gambling, would you consider it ethical?

do you think that things that can harm a person through their choices should be prevented, or is everyone responsible for their own decisions as long as they are not forced to make them?

Everyone is free to choose their own path. Of course in life there are different paths to choose from and one cannot distinguish between a good or bad path if they have not tried both of them, this is my personal opinion. There are a lot of other opinions that relies on past data and past data on gambling is bad for everyone who wants to try it, most of people have gone broke and those who have won the lottery and gone broke after some years shows that gambling cannot satisfy one life no matter how much they win and this is the opinion of many. I would allow gambling but would make the casinos pay huge taxes to my country that would make gambling not a good business and not lucrative for the owners that it would not work on the long run, also would make anyone gambling play taxes on their winning no matter how absurd it may sound, trying to limit people ability to gamble.

[Davidvictorson]

gambling is often seen as a harmful habit.

The correct statement here is that gambling is what is harmful and not the activity in itself. Gambling is neutral. It depends on how you choose to look at it based on your experiences or what you have been told. Gambling is just like eating. If you eat moderately, it will nourish your body and serve you well. If you binge on your food without control, you will become obese and suffer numerous health challenges.

in a completely free society, should someone be prevented from providing gambling services for the good of society?

No. As long as it is not illegal and withing the law, no one should be prevented from providing gambling services. Gambling operators are also employers of labour. They also bring in revenue for the government. It is a good business.

[Charles-Tim]

Be it gambling is ethnical or not, almost all countries allow gambling and their governments are making money from gambling taxes while the gambling sites are also making money from it from their customers (the gamblers).

So leave if it is ethical or not because your question can not solve anything if you choose it is not ethical.

People should not be greedy.

Also in anything anyone is doing in life, it is good to make research about the thing. Make research about gambling and learn from what is online. It is clearly stated everywhere how people should not use more than 1% of their income on gambling.

[Accardo]

Gambling is a business for the owners, limitations is expected of players. Like any other business, customers know when to stop buying. But, the persisting desire to fudge ahead is as a result of the rewards attached to spending time in casinos. Assuming wins didn't exist people wouldn't spend a lot of money playing games.

It's similar to overeating in a restaurant because the chefs promised to pay customers randomly, those who overate for the sake of money would bear the pain of stomach aches. Hence, gamers who don't see casinos as other businesses in the street where they buy with a budget, would face the consequences of extreme loss.

[Fortify]

gambling is often seen as a harmful habit. my question to you is, in a completely free society, should someone be prevented from providing gambling services for the good of society?

from an individual point of view, it is everyone's choice to gamble or not to gamble. the management of your money is entirely up to you in a physical sense. but that doesn't change the fact that some people are going to go bankrupt, their lives are going to be very difficult with the existence of gambling. if it was up to you to allow gambling, knowing that it is inevitable when enough people are involved in gambling, would you consider it ethical?

do you think that things that can harm a person through their choices should be prevented, or is everyone responsible for their own decisions as long as they are not forced to make them?

People pay for all different kinds of entertainment - golf, movies, sky diving, theater, comedy clubs, etc. If you consider gambling as trading your money for a chance at a bigger sum of money, or more likely losing it, then that is all there is to it. As long as the casinos or bookmakers are completely upfront about all the terms of the game, then you should be free to spend your money and possibly beat the casino once in a while. There are people out there spending billions on virtual game items, accessories, power ups and costumes but it seems to have less stigma to it than gambling and I'm not sure why that would be. I guess the only difference is if people lose self control and there should be better efforts to come up with a self restriction scheme that span all bookmakers.

[Alphakilo]

if it was up to you to allow gambling, knowing that it is inevitable when enough people are involved in gambling, would you consider it ethical?

Gambling is ethical.
Casinos through their terms of service spells out everything that an individual needs to know concerning its ethics.

do you think that things that can harm a person through their choices should be prevented, or is everyone responsible for their own decisions as long as they are not forced to make them?

In this situation it is only the things that are done without moderation that can cause harm but to prevent a person from doing it when you're not in a dictatorship is bad.
There is free will and a person should be allowed to make use of their free will.

[un_rank]

There are very many activities that can cause one some form of harm if not controlled properly and this ranges from obvious culprits like alcohol to not so obvious like trading video gaming. If we open up conversations to regulating activities that can be abused, it will lead to a very long list and spiral out of control.

The concept of ethics is very subjective.

do you think that things that can harm a person through their choices should be prevented, or is everyone responsible for their own decisions as long as they are not forced to make them?

Everyone should be left to make their decisions. An attempt to control human will result in people imposing their personal beliefs on ohers

- Jay -

[iv4n]

First, ethics refers to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues.

We do what we love, and we don't harm anyone... If we don't hurt anyone with our actions, what's wrong with that?

Many of us choose to spend money on gambling rather than on some other things. It's perfectly fine... as long as we have some control over it.
As long as we spend what we can afford to lose.. We have a right to do what we want with our money.

[Rruchi man]

do you think that things that can harm a person through their choices should be prevented, or is everyone responsible for their own decisions as long as they are not forced to make them?

Gambling is not generally bad for every person, so it will not be right for the government or anyone in that position to move to generally stop it. There are people who gamble responsibly and obtain some benefits from it. It will be wrong to not consider these people.

Gambling is not entirely bad; just individuals who are gambling irresponsibly are giving it a bad name.

[Fiatless]

do you think that things that can harm a person through their choices should be prevented, or is everyone responsible for their own decisions as long as they are not forced to make them?

The reason why gambling is for mature minds is because they will be able to control their behavior. Just like any other activity, gamblers should be allowed to freely access betting platforms. But some government restricts gambling because of cultural or religious reasons. Others feel that they need to control it to avoid addiction.

The government has the right to regulate gambling activities because some gambling businesses might abuse the privilege if they are not closely monitored. But banning gambling is going to the extreme. I also think that the government should make provisions to assist those who are hooked on gambling by offering them.free counseling and rehabilitation services.

[uneng]

do you think that things that can harm a person through their choices should be prevented, or is everyone responsible for their own decisions as long as they are not forced to make them?

I agree harmful practices should be prevented, but they should be prevented by the individual himself, through his choice. Gambling isn't harmful to everyone, because not everyone is addicted and degenerated gamblers. There are people who manage to be gamblers for their entire lives without going bankrupt or facing significant prejudices on their finances.

What is unethical is the way gambling is being promoted on many ads, as it's said gambling is a source of income, while displaying social influencer betting with fake money or money guaranteed by the casino.

Gambling itself isn't ethical or unethical, though. The way you handle it is.

[$crypto$]

Many of us choose to spend money on gambling rather than on some other things. It's perfectly fine... as long as we have some control over it.
As long as we spend what we can afford to lose.. We have a right to do what we want with our money.

Maybe I'm in a gambling game almost every weekend, but it's just that the small amount we spend means that we can still control ourselves so we won't have any problems.
Other people may have different opinions --- but you are right we have the right to do anything with our own money, lose win or there is a problem then we ourselves can solve it.

[CryptSafe]

To some people, gambling is harmful, and to some other people, it is not, but that should not be the rationale for wanting to stop it because some see it as not appropriate, but we all know it is based on personal decisions that one makes when one gets themselves involved in it but that doe to mean that things would not be done appropriately when it comes to gambling affairs. Already, some government has policies to guide them towards dealing with casinos or gambling organisations to which they must adhere, and all these put together make it ethical for gambling to be sustained in a society. These also make it possible for it to be a source of revenue generation for the government because it is very lucrative as people regularly partonise the bet shops and casinos to play games and have fun.

[Saint-loup]

That's a very philosophical question but must thing in life can hurt or destroy people. Should we prohibit cars, because everyday on earth some people die or are severely harm in a car accident? It's the same thing for knifes, they can be used to stab other people. Even water can kill people. So I think gambling should be allowed but support should be always available easily along with efficient educational material, especially for young players.

[Felicity_Tide]

gambling is often seen as a harmful habit. my question to you is, in a completely free society, should someone be prevented from providing gambling services for the good of society?

You called it a "free society", so why not.
Of course, anyone can provide gambling service, but we have to understand that such services are not meant for everyone. It's a service, so whoever is interested should participate. Take alcohol for example, it has so many disadvantages like addiction as well, but no one is thinking of shutting down all the companies that produces it.

from an individual point of view, it is everyone's choice to gamble or not to gamble. the management of your money is entirely up to you in a physical sense. but that doesn't change the fact that some people are going to go bankrupt, their lives are going to be very difficult with the existence of gambling. if it was up to you to allow gambling, knowing that it is inevitable when enough people are involved in gambling, would you consider it ethical?

I might want to consider it ethical when all gambling platforms follows every protective guidelines imposed by the government. But i will find fault when a platform fails to meet the necessary standards, and the gamblers fails to gamble in a responsible manner, so in other words, how people gamble can also be ethical and unethical.

do you think that things that can harm a person through their choices should be prevented, or is everyone responsible for their own decisions as long as they are not forced to make them?

There are so many things that we can address first before coming down to gambling. I think even the government to some extent don't interfere in certain issues, as they allow people make decisions on their own. Just like the OP said, it's a "free society".

[rodskee]

gambling is often seen as a harmful habit. my question to you is, in a completely free society, should someone be prevented from providing gambling services for the good of society?

the society will be fine if someone continues to gamble the society won’t really be affected unless someone is an addict and wreaks havoc but even then most addicts are only harmful to themselves

if it was up to you to allow gambling, knowing that it is inevitable when enough people are involved in gambling, would you consider it ethical?

why would it not be ethical, mate?

i do not think it is harming anyone and even if you argue that it’s harmful to the individual they can always try to control themselves and avoid addiction

[Cryptomultiplier]

gambling is often seen as a harmful habit. my question to you is, in a completely free society, should someone be prevented from providing gambling services for the good of society?

from an individual point of view, it is everyone's choice to gamble or not to gamble. the management of your money is entirely up to you in a physical sense. but that doesn't change the fact that some people are going to go bankrupt, their lives are going to be very difficult with the existence of gambling. if it was up to you to allow gambling, knowing that it is inevitable when enough people are involved in gambling, would you consider it ethical?

do you think that things that can harm a person through their choices should be prevented, or is everyone responsible for their own decisions as long as they are not forced to make them?

Everyone lives by their own choices and that could make one dabble into almost anything that gives a sense of belonging and  sense of income.
Gambling could be frowned at in a family setting where the husband has a habit of gambling so much that the wife, maybe the kids and relations know about it. In same family setting or guardianship setting gambling could also be frowned at, but the issue is that it must tell on the individual so much so that others begin to notice and where the frown becomes worse is if such an individual is a sore loser and knows this but is too addicted already.

In conclusion, I don't think I can find any useful universally acceptable answer to this question of whether gambling is ethical because in essence, it is up to the individual to know how much it affects their lives and relationships and the inherent harm it poses and creates or as much, try to enforce a balance.