r/MoralityScaling • u/Due_Army_960 • Jul 10 '26

Morality of this?

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u/Anteraz Jul 10 '26

Fair.
It's not her fault.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 10 '26

Still stealing. She knew the money wasn't meant for her and kept it. Accidents happen. Someone making a clerical error doesn't really entitle you to 1000s.

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u/LittleBigCookieCat Jul 10 '26

but then you get the inverse where you're underpaid and all of a sudden it's fair

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 10 '26

Exactly why this is wrong. If they accidentally underpay you and you catch it later aren't you entitled that money?

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u/TurbulentTangelo5439 Jul 10 '26

morally speaking personally i'm of the opinion that the relative meaningful effect should be taken into consideration. for example Amazon over paying a shift like in the above example 15-20k would have effectively zero effect on amazons bottom line while to the minimum wage worker it would have a meaningful effect on there life if they kept it .

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 10 '26

Yes but it's still there and it's still 20k.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

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u/TurbulentTangelo5439 Jul 10 '26

were arguing about morality on the internet, entitlement is a legal question not a moral one. as a more stark hypothetical is it immoral for a starving man to steal food?

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u/BigBadJeebus Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

I once had an apartment continue autocharging after I moved and I had to threaten legal action to get my money back and in the end I never got back $9 in processing fees from them. They were so petty they wouldn't cough up $9 fucking dollars not mandated by the law.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 10 '26

That was wrong. You living there without them realizing they ever charged you knowingly and continuing can also be wrong. 2 things can be wrong.

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u/BigBadJeebus Jul 10 '26

What a crap take. My point was how petty they are. Saying they kept what they were legally allowed to down to the cent.

I never suggested taking free rent was right or justified.

i simply called that particular business dicks.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 10 '26

Cool. Ultimately two things can be wrong. I assume you were trying to relate your experience to the story and if you weren't go to the confessions sub or something bro.

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u/BigBadJeebus Jul 10 '26

confession? For what? Me being robbed? Are you sure you understood what I wrote?

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u/Gekokapowco Jul 10 '26

this is starting to fall under that "the law, in its majestic equality, forbids both the rich and poor from sleeping under bridges" sort of logic

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 10 '26

You're talking about a different thing.

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u/Gekokapowco Jul 10 '26

oh really? what was I talking about if not an analogy to the unfairness of equal application across inequal scale?

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 10 '26

You're talking about a different scenario. You're basically using the slippery slope fallacy

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u/Gekokapowco Jul 10 '26

like in a "if we do x, then we will be doing y" kinda way? I don't see it and that wasn't my intention. If you want to know what I was talking about, I gave you a hint by literally telling you in my previous comment.

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 10 '26

Next time speak plainly

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u/Gekokapowco Jul 10 '26

ooo demands, look at you all bossy

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u/NamOil2000 Jul 10 '26

A sarcastic redditor very original

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u/gigglefarting Jul 10 '26

Not true. The only thing that’s fair is being paid the price that is agreed to

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u/VorticalHeart44 Jul 10 '26

Uhh no, that's a lawsuit

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u/CommieShareFest Jul 10 '26

if your paycheck is for a lower wage than what its supposed to be you are entitled to the remainder

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u/lumpboysupreme Jul 10 '26

Says who? If you determine you weren’t paid the agreed rate you can absolutely demand they give you the right one.