We are all faced with decisions in which we don't really know the outcome. These "risks" are like moves on a chess-board--depending how good you are. Can we every really predict the consequences of our actions whether they be good or bad? Forget about morality for a minute. Can we know what will happen after the fact? How will that person react if I do this? What if I do nothing, will it make a difference?
We would all like to agree that we do make a difference and that we can have some sort of an idea where our decisions will lead us. We live with the decisions we make... like them or not. Then there is always that reflection. Perhaps this is the hardest part. If only we could have changed one thing--or many things for that matter! We would be so much better off in the long-run. If we could only change. Why didn't you in the first place? Was it because one is so caught up in the moment they really couldn't act any other way? Was that person compelled to make that decision? Should they be held accountable? Should they be held responsible? Well, a lot of different factors play into these questions. If this and if that. I don't really know.
However, I have an inclination that presented the exact same conditions; in the exact same event; with the same exact people; in the same exact environment; with the same exact characteristics that make up a personality; that person has no other choice but to act in exactly the same way in which--upon further reflection by their own inner conscious could not do otherwise! If one was able to go back, given the circumstances that are present, you couldn't make any different choice. But there is more: would you want to? Sure we all make mistakes but our agency depends upon the pull of our desires and the stronger the pull, the more likely were are to act or behave in that manner. Therefore, no matter what was at stake or for what reason, question your actions. You may have a better future because of it.
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