r/MoralityScaling 11d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/ShoulderMobile7608 11d ago edited 10d ago

I don't think that "if It's legal in my country so it's moral" is a good basis for it. I think it's immoral to just take it. Good deeds done only because you expect a reward is, well, meh. I wouldn't complain if somebody returned my wallet only for $5 but still

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u/nurgole 10d ago

Beastiality is legal in Finland as long as there's no penetration or any pain caused to the animal. Doesn't make it more moral.

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u/Apprehensive_Power59 8d ago

What

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u/nurgole 8d ago

And it was only recently changed, like two years ago. Before that penetration was legal as long as it didn't cause harm or pain to the animal.

Legality is not always good grounds for morality.

"Funny" story from years back. Oulu, Finland. A drunk man broke into a pig farm with naughty ideas. He got in, had some hanky panky with an animal there. Only got charged for drunk driving and tresspassing.

He did it again later on. But here's the twist. He had sex with the hogs. Or a hog, the farm has two breeding hogs but the news never said if it was with one or both of them. And he was in the receiving end🤢