Agreed. But I wouldn't say that MOST debts are a moral obligation.
If you borrow money, and you agree to pay it back, there should be a good faith effort to do so.
But that is only one type of debt.
In the US, where I live, Apartments are incredibly bad about charging fees after you move out, and give you very little recourse before sending you to collections.
Parking tickets, and red light camera tickets are huge sources of revenue for the city, and Seattle uses them when they need to increase city coffers.
I look at it this way, if they're not going to play by the rules, I won't either.
If you borrow money, and you agree to pay it back, there should be a good faith effort to do so.
But that is only one type of debt.
In the US, where I live, Apartments are incredibly bad about charging fees after you move out, and give you very little recourse before sending you to collections.
Parking tickets, and red light camera tickets are huge sources of revenue for the city, and Seattle uses them when they need to increase city coffers.
I look at it this way, if they're not going to play by the rules, I won't either.