Ethical dilemmas...

One of the biggest ethical dilemmas in my life deals with something I love most: music. I guess I'm not what you would call a casual listener. I like to dig deep into the barrage of artists and explore different types of music. When I find something I like, it becomes the soundtrack to my life for a time. I use other artists' music to get new ideas and inspiration for my own music, which expands my thinking and creativity.

This is why it is such a huge temptation for me to download music illegally. I could have every unique artists' music at my fingertips, at no cost to me. This was my view in high school, and I downloaded music as I pleased. It's just taking money from the big corporations, right? It's free advertising for the bands who's music gets downloaded and they can make money from concerts. Well, maybe, but I believe at some point it's got to hurt the artists. Because I want to be an artist myself, I can't consider it ethical to steal money from artists now and expect to sell records myself later. So though it is a huge temptation for me, I try to steer clear of downloading music.