Show of Hands

There was a main poll that asked the same thing at the time I posted this, so I wanted to see how my followers compared with SOH as a whole.

More than that voted yes on the main poll.

But what if he really wanted it?!?!? Like if he wanted it a lot?!?!?!

Good point.

The better way would be I'm in a room with 2 guys. I have $100 and they have none. We vote and they agree in a 2/3 majority it is okay to take my money because I have more than them

Do you understand socialism...like at all?

Actually yes.

No one said anything about socialism except you, but I definitely see how you could connect the two.

"Need" leaves a lot of room for interpretation.

It's wrong to steal.

If a woman finds herself homeless and hasn't fed her child in two days, her moral obligation is to find the means to feed the child.

That's right, but it doesn't in any way change the fact that it's wrong to steal.

Her need may mitigate some of the consequences for stealing, but that doesn't give her carte blanche to do anything in the pursuit of feeding her kids.

I agree with both of you. Two wrongs don't make a right but I feel in this case, it would be 'more" morally wrong to let her child starve.

It would be, but that doesn't make stealing right. Stealing is always wrong.

You'd have to look at what licit and moral options were available to her, and how much and how hard she actually tried those options before turning to stealing.

Also, it would help if she was hot, and had a good personality.

He just wants it. That covers any possible reason why he wants it.

I would say it's ethically wrong, but in extreme circumstances could be argued to be morally right.

Then if he or his family are starving or nearly homeless and his neighbor isn't, then yeah its moral

Mystic ... don't answer the question, you'd ruin your streak!

His motivation is irrelevant. It's wrong to steal.

If it fails it's fake capitalist communism. If it works, like in my blog posts, it's real communism