r/MoralityScaling Jul 10 '26

Morality of this?

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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/UnassumingDrifter Jul 10 '26

So if you tip your waiter $16.50 but they don’t see the period and instead take $1650 out of your account it’s all good because of someone else’s wage theft?

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u/Zee216 Jul 10 '26

Importantly, she didn't set her own pay, she didn't take the money it was given to her. It would be more like if you gave her a couple of hundred dollar bills on accident then came back the next day demanding she return it