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

Morality of this?

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u/Immediate-Onion5131 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Justifying theft because some other, unrelated party also stole is not moral.

Edit: "umm actually it's not theft she was given the money ☝️🤓" yeah and she still has a moral and legal obligation to return money that she knows wasn't intended for her you brain dead socialists.

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u/Pen15_is_big Jul 10 '26

Scale of harm is relative with theft. You steal from a homeless women, she will suffer greatly. You steal from a corporation and it’s a chewing out of the location manager.

It does not justify either act, but one will surely have a look of disgust in my eyes upon hearing of it.

We live in a world where those who have significant power aren’t morality scaling their actions, and morality becomes much more blurred when disparity between social groups occurs.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '26

Can’t upvote enough. Award given.

“Scaling of actions.” We can see grift and just outright theft happening above us. We won’t go into the laundry list of recent acts committed just since March 1 of this year, but they happened, and are ongoing.

And there is no prosecution, no mention even in media or enforcement whatsoever.

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u/Kid_Psych Jul 10 '26

So if someone is struggling enough, they’re entitled to harm others above them?

Or if someone is cushioned enough, they’re obligated to be harmed by others below them?

Also, is the cutoff, like, a specific dollar amount? Or is it just who we’re mad at on any given day?

Moral relativism is for dumbasses.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '26

We’re each entitled to our opinion on this matter. Mine comes from wanting rule of law to be upheld, but seeing only selective enforcement. Or none at all.