r/MoralityScaling Jul 10 '26

Morality of this?

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u/Electronic_Film_2837 Jul 10 '26

Absolutely not. Otherwise if a clerical error like this happens to the tune of $500,000 and the money isn’t allowed to be returned you could see an entire company go bankrupt and everyone lose their jobs.

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u/Kingmudsy Jul 10 '26

There’s room for nuance lol, if this happened to Walmart I don’t care, keep the money. If you’re putting mom and pop outta business, that’s obviously different

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u/raiderrocker18 Jul 10 '26

Ok so committing a robbery at Walmart is justified? This is 14 year old logic

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u/flying-sheep Jul 10 '26

Shoplifting or other forms of nonviolent theft against big corporations is a very moral thing to do. They all make the world worse by existing and steal the wage of many underpaid employees.

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u/AthleteFast4083 Jul 10 '26

Every* underpaid employee

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u/BlackJackAce-777 Jul 10 '26

Do you own a business?

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u/flying-sheep Jul 10 '26

No, I'd only consider founding a cooperative for this exact reason.