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Is Soft Touch Morally Justified
Is Soft Touch Morally Justified
IS ‘SOFT TOUCH‘
MORALLY JUSTIFIED?
PHILIP OGHENESUOWHO EKIUGBO
oghenesuowho@gmail.com
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12/27/2020
HOW IFIABLE IS
THE IFICATION?
• Instances:
A pastor once told a girl that he needs to sleep with her to transfer healing
anointing into her because the Bible said for Elisha to heal the Shunamite
woman’s son, he had to “…lay on the boy…” (See II Kgs 4:34).
A G-boy claiming he is into G because he wants to collect the pay of the
work his forebear did during the slavery era.
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12/27/2020
A JUSTIFIABLE JUSTIFICATION
• Soft Touch means someone from whom you can easily get what
you want, because they are kind or easy to deceive.
• Used as a verb (& in the sense of this discussion), it entails
getting money from someone through (cyber) fraud.
• This act has become a common practice in Nigeria, especially by
teen-/tween-agers and youths…
• How justified is this act?
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12/27/2020
G/G+
Principle 1 It is not fair and beneficial to all concerned- the scammed is at great loss.
Principle 2 Unknown
Principle 3 Neither the scammer nor the scammed derive true peace & happiness in
the end.
Principle 4 The immediate benefit may seem appealing, the long term effect/impact is
often overlooked, and here’s where the ultimate problem lies.
SO WHAT NEXT