Is Stealing Wrong?

[Purple Knight]

Question for Debate: Is stealing wrong?

Sub-question if you said no: Alright, so let's say we have at least one situation (such as stealing to feed a starving child) where stealing would not make someone wrong. It logically follows then, that not stealing in that same situation, would not make someone right. They're not better morally than the person who did steal; if they were, then stealing would be wrong. So what does it make them - the person who was in that situation and didn't steal? How would you describe them in comparison to the person who did steal? Stupid? Evil? Cowardly?

[marke]

Question for Debate: Is stealing wrong?

Sub-question if you said no: Alright, so let's say we have at least one situation (such as stealing to feed a starving child) where stealing would not make someone wrong. It logically follows then, that not stealing in that same situation, would not make someone right. They're not better morally than the person who did steal; if they were, then stealing would be wrong. So what does it make them - the person who was in that situation and didn't steal? How would you describe them in comparison to the person who did steal? Stupid? Evil? Cowardly?

Modern leftists in the US have polluted morals as demonstrated by their justification of looting, assaulting cops, and voting fraud, among other evils.

[Purple Knight]

Modern leftists in the US have polluted morals as demonstrated by their justification of looting, assaulting cops, and voting fraud, among other evils.

The problem is they think the system is unfair. That's the same reason you think January 6th was justified.

In other words, it matters what happened before. If Trump was rightfully elected and there was fraud, then violence to protect the rightful office of presidency is justified. And if all of BLM's claims are true and the cops are racist then yes they have every right to upend the unfair system.

And if instead violence is never justified then people get to continue killing others through deceit, or stealing, or whatever they want to do, as long as they don't punch anybody.

Clearly we have a problem because if violence is justified based on what happened before, and people can't agree on what happened before, there's just going to be an eruption of justified violence on all sides. That's how I see it anyway: If both sides have genuinely introspected and genuinely believe they are being shafted, both participants in violence can be righteous. One party may have to be wrong due to logic but that doesn't mean the fallible human being had any way to know that. And never defending yourself because you might be in the wrong would make a terrible world.