Re: What would you do?
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You are starving, and will die if you don't eat. Also, your family is starving. The only source of food is your neighbors house. You go and steal a loaf of bread.
Therefore stealing is moral.
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I don't think that deciding to steal in this situation would commit one to the position that 'stealing is moral'. I tend to think that stealing in such a situation is what one should do (after all, there is a family to feed), but the circumstances certainly wouldn't void the neighbors' right to compensation, and I think anyone who steals in this situation should make every effort to pay back what they have taken.
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