Arnold: I was recently denied a seat on an airline flight for which I had a confirmed reservation, because the airline had overbooked the flight. Since I was forced to fly on the next available flight, which did not depart until two hours later, I missed an important business meeting. Even though the flight on which I had a reservation was canceled at the last minute due to bad weather, the airline should still pay me compensation for denying me a seat on the flight. Jamie: The airline is not morally obligated to pay you any compensation. Even if you had not been denied a seat on the earlier flight, you would have missed your business meeting anyway. A principle that, if established, justifies Jamie's response to Arnold is that an airline is morally obligated to compensate a passenger who has been denied a seat on a flight for which the passenger has confirmed reservations ['only if the passenger would not have been forced to take a later flight had the airline not overbooked the original flight', 'even if the passenger would still have been forced to take a later flight had the airline not overbooked the original flight', 'if the only reason the passenger is forced to take a later flight is that the airline overbooked the original flight', 'even if the only reason the passenger is forced to take a later flight were that the original flight is canceled due to bad weather']