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    Ethical dilemma

    Oct 29, 2018 2 minutes
    by Matthew Beard

    My children need me to take them here and there; my ageing father needs me to care for him; my work takes up most of my waking hours. Meanwhile, I’m studying a course I’ve always wanted to take. It’s not that I don’t want to do any of these things – in fact I want to do them all –

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