"But what if these considerations are of equal weight in both?"
"Then there will be no contest, but one will give place to the other, as if the point were decided by lot or at a game of odd and even."
"Again, suppose a father were robbing temples or making underground passages to the treasury, should a son inform the officers of it?"
"Nay; that were a crime; rather should he defend his father, in case he were indicted."
"Well, then, are not the claims of country paramount to all other duties?"
"Aye, verily; but it is to our country's interest to have citizens who are loyal to their parents."
"But once more—if the father attempts to make himself king, or to betray his country, shall the son hold his peace?"
"Nay, verily; he will plead with his father not to do so. If that accomplishes nothing, he will take him to task; he will even threaten; and in the end, if things point to the destruction of the state, he will sacrifice his father to the safety of his country."
A similar debate by Diogenes vs. Antipater.
91 Again, he raises the question: "If a wise man should inadvertently accept counterfeit money for good, will he offer it as genuine in payment of a debt after he discovers his mistake?" Diogenes says "Yes"; Antipater, "No," and I agree with him.