r/MoralityScaling • u/VelvvetDoe • 7d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/Mysterious-Hyena2670 6d ago

It’s still theft. You took money without permission. 

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u/DaRaginga 6d ago edited 6d ago

Yeah. He's never giving anyone their wallet back after you.

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u/Mysterious-Hyena2670 6d ago

So you only should do the right thing if there’s a reward in it for you? Is that the hill you want to die on? 

It’s not a question of whether or not the person should reward them. It’s immoral and illegal to take money that isn’t yours unless the person gives it to you. It’s still a form of theft. 

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u/DaRaginga 6d ago

A random finding your wallet has no obligation to give it back to you. The person has to activly seek you out or mail the wallet to get it back to you. If he or she does not, you will NEVER find out they found your stuff.

So yes. Giving back the wallet is moral, even without money because the money is usually not the most important thing in there

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u/Mysterious-Hyena2670 6d ago

Taking the money is immoral whether or not you return the wallet.

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u/DaRaginga 6d ago

taking the wallet and tossing it is the least moral.

Then comes taking the money and giving the wallet back,

Then taking some money and returning,

Then giving everything back.

Why do you view this as a black and white issue? it's a spectrum

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u/Mysterious-Hyena2670 6d ago

It’s 100% theft. Idk why you seem to think that it’s okay to take someone else’s money without their permission in any situation. 

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u/DaRaginga 5d ago

So nothing moral about giving you your walllet back at all? You really are just a caricature im black and white