Moral Luck

Moral luck includes conditions that happen outside of ones control, which therefore concludes that the outcome of certain situations and the consequences are uncontrollable too.  Some of these conditions that follow moral luck can increase or decrease blame or praise. Examples of moral luck happen on a daily basis.  An example that has come from my own personal life is when one of my friends told me something about another.  I told my friend I wouldn't say anything to the other but I felt obligated to tell them because I hated keeping a secret from them.  My friend ended up finding out that I knew something about them and she was extremely disappointed in me that I hadn't said anything earlier.  I could have said something to her in the beginning but I felt obligated to keep that secret.  I believe I did the right thing for my friend who told me the secret but to my other friend I felt like a disappointment.  Although none of them new my exact intentions in the situation and I knew that I could not please either one of them, so in the end I was still the one hurt.  My intentions might have been good because I wanted to protect both of my friends but my actions speak louder then my intentions, and my intentions included me keeping everything to myself.  So with that said I don’t think that moral luck is an ethical problem because one should be held accountable for there actions and not there intentions.  Ones actions is something that they actually do while ones intentions is something that they plan on doing but does not get done.  There is a big difference between actions and intentions and that is while moral luck isn't considered to be an ethical problem.