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A cafeteria in an office building has comfortable tables and chairs, indeed too

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Question

A cafeteria in an office building has comfortable tables and chairs, indeed too comfortable: They invite people to linger longer than the management desires. 12 You are asked to design uncomfortable ones, to discourage such lingering. (a) Is there a moral dilemma here? (b) Are there moral choices involved in whether and how to design the new furniture?
A cafeteria in an office building has comfortable tables and chairs, indeed too comfortable: They invite people to linger longer than the management desires. 12 You are asked to design uncomfortable ones, to discourage such lingering. (a) Is there a moral dilemma here? (b) Are there moral choices involved in whether and how to design the new furniture?
A cafeteria in an office building has comfortable tables and chairs, indeed too comfortable: They invite people to linger longer than the management desires. 12 You are asked to design uncomfortable ones, to discourage such lingering. (a) Is there a moral dilemma here? (b) Are there moral choices involved in whether and how to design the new furniture?

Explanation / Answer

There is a moral dilemma of putting uncomfortable chairs to reduce time of employees in cafeteria. Instead of this direct communication from management side would be a moral way of doing this.

b) Yes, there are few moral choices while designing the new furniture: