Renton, what does morality mean to you?
The video says that if you went to the guy and 1300 dollars was too much, you're free to walk away. Or what if someone else had bought the generator at the rock bottom price of 500 before you even got there?
This does not strike me as the form of the question. If someone in need, in an emergency, petitions you for help and you have the help, you give it. You don't consult the market first.
If the next person petitions you for help and you have none left to give, sorry, but you have none left to give.
If everyone plays by these rules, I guarantee we out perform a society playing by yours in crunch time.
Good book that struck me from thinking on this situation "Hiroshima" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_(book))
Read about how people deal in a disaster and how silly it sounds trying to talk about the fair price.
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