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Originally Posted by leebase
I never used fact or truth. I made the assertion....stealing is immoral. It is.
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I don't believe that I ever said that I was replying to
your post, did I?
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Originally Posted by haertig
Whose definition of stealing? Yours?
But even if we totally agreed on the definition in all cases, do circumstances matter?
If you stole a loaf of bread to feed your children because you had exhausted all other legal means to obtain food, would you be immoral? Personally, I would not consider you to be.
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Moral relativism by definition, really. I'm sure that the dad who steals food to feed his kids doesn't have a lot of guilt over it--but on the other hand, sociopaths that con the elderly out of their money have no guilt at all, so...all we're left with is that we all agree, as a people, that theft is wrong.
All we can do, in passing judgement on those who
do is take their particular circumstances into consideration. We can't decide, in toto, that "all" people who are allegedly stealing due to dire circumstances or "need" are acquitted sans discussion or trial. So, we do the best we can, on a basically case-by-case basis. Realistically, what's the alternative to that?
So, what was the topic, again?
Hitch