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Cole12 July 28th, 2015 2:09am

John steals $100 of goods from a small, struggling, family-owned business. Jim steals $1000 of goods from Walmart. Whose lift is more unethical? (If you don't believe either is unethical, whose lift would you be less comfortable doing yourself?)

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cmeszko99 New York
07/31/15 8:49 am

In my opinion John is worse.

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Sadaksari
07/31/15 6:46 am

John hurts the family more than Jim could ever hurt Walmart. Jim, however, hurt the employees of Walmart, which may hurt them as much as the one family.
"Who is most unethical?" is a trick question. The Walton family is the answer.

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F1Dan Parked in your spot
07/29/15 3:30 pm

Grand larceny vs regular larceny...easy answer.

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musiman28 Cotton country
07/28/15 10:29 pm

Stealing is stealing.

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ladyniner81 extremists are a cancer
07/28/15 12:15 pm

Both are bad, but Walmart can kiss my cellulite infested ass

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ozzy
07/28/15 4:42 am

Both are equally unethical. Jim stole enough to be a felony so his is worse (legally)

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Kozmycz44
07/28/15 8:12 am

This ^^^

MurrayHitchens The Truth Wins Out
07/27/15 11:14 pm

I think Jim cause he took $900 more worth of stuff. If Joe steals $5 from someone who doesn't care and then $5 from someone who cares a lot, the most immoral isn't measured by the one who gets most angry about it.

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MurrayHitchens The Truth Wins Out
07/27/15 11:17 pm

They are equally bad cause of the value stolen. Likewise it takes more effort to replace $1000 than $100.

osouless Whats Next
07/27/15 10:05 pm

Depending on reasoning, i'd say either could be ethical/unethical and can easily more of one and less of the other.

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steelcity Pittsburgh
07/27/15 8:28 pm

They are equally unethical. They are both stealing.

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Kozmycz44
07/27/15 8:05 pm

Jim because anything a thousand or over is a felony

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RoDe Latinus wordsus
07/27/15 9:31 pm

1000 is obviously a lot more than 100, but does the fact that it's a felony really fact into the ethics?

Kozmycz44
07/27/15 11:11 pm

Don't really care either way, but I'd much rather get busted for a misdemeanor for petty theft then to have a felony on my record because that takes away some of your freedoms when you get released

Nik
07/27/15 8:02 pm

Both are equally wrong

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catpillow Florida West Coast
07/27/15 8:23 pm

This

EarlyBird Portland
07/27/15 7:55 pm

If I'm going to steal, it will be from someone rich rather than someone poor.
I steal from Walmart.

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alkie New York
07/27/15 7:57 pm

You steal from Walmart? Shame on you!

EarlyBird Portland
07/27/15 7:58 pm

Please don't tell anybody.

alkie New York
07/27/15 8:00 pm

I already called the Walmart police. 👮🏻

alkie New York
07/27/15 7:39 pm

Thou shall not steal

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osouless Whats Next
07/27/15 10:04 pm

Who said that? Was that Richard the Great?

FlipFlopGirl Sic semper tyrannis
07/27/15 7:38 pm

Stealing any amount is unethical.

But in this specific instance the SB Owner would be impacted more than Walmart.

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RebelProud Bungholio
07/27/15 7:35 pm

Both are unethical, but Walmart can suck it.

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Dazey Beagles Rule
07/27/15 7:15 pm

If there's a scale of ethicalness, I'd say stealing from the small, struggling business is worse.

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ozzy
07/28/15 4:43 am

But there isn't

Dazey Beagles Rule
07/28/15 10:03 am

In the question posed, there is.

MaxineL New Jersey
07/27/15 7:15 pm

But I believe BOTH are unethical.

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