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On my birthday 2 days ago, some b*****d stole my purse. No money, information, etc., was lost but it was the whole principle of it. I've been trying to justify the whole idea of someone taking another's property because they have less, but then again I'd also love to kick them in the shins if I could meet the person who did it.

So discuss this: When can stealing someone's property actually be justified? Is it plausible to begin with?

No trolling please, and post responses that actually relate to the OP.
 
     
 
Stealing is justified when you have enough power and clout to get away with it.
     
Clockwork_Creep
Stealing is justified when you have enough power and clout to get away with it.


stare yes, you have a very valid point there...
 
     
 
guzelle
So discuss this: When can stealing someone's property actually be justified?

When it's necessary for my survival.
     
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guzelle
So discuss this: When can stealing someone's property actually be justified?

When it's necessary for my survival.


But what if it interferes with my survival?
 
     
 
Clockwork_Creep
Stealing is justified when you have enough power and clout to get away with it.
the only way to rob a bank is to own it
     
Clockwork_Creep
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guzelle
So discuss this: When can stealing someone's property actually be justified?

When it's necessary for my survival.


But what if it interferes with my survival?


Which is exactly my point in case. I would like to think that if they took it that at least they must have really needed it, but at the same time it only leaves one to feel...well, violated.

lol. confused
 
     
 
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Grace_Mizu
depends on what you believe. if you're an athiest, then it's just survival of the fittest. i can steal your purse and get away w/ it, therefore i have more right to live then you. that's the only one i can really think of an explanation for, tho. i'll be back later.
 
     
 
Phantomboy411
depends on what you believe. if you're an athiest, then it's just survival of the fittest. i can steal your purse and get away w/ it, therefore i have more right to live then you. that's the only one i can really think of an explanation for, tho. i'll be back later.


I'm an atheist (sorta), and I don't see it that way. I think people should act like Human beings and not like animals. Stealing because you don't have something is a very childlike mindset.
     
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Phantomboy411
depends on what you believe. if you're an athiest, then it's just survival of the fittest. i can steal your purse and get away w/ it, therefore i have more right to live then you. that's the only one i can really think of an explanation for, tho. i'll be back later.


I'm an atheist (sorta), and I don't see it that way. I think people should act like Human beings and not like animals. Stealing because you don't have something is a very childlike mindset.
well, i do happen have a very limited view of atheism, and sadly i can only base it on those views.
 
     
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I want your purse.
If I steal your purse, then I'll have your purse.
Therefore, I should steal your purse.

What do I win?
     
The Great Heat Miser
I want your purse.
If I steal your purse, then I'll have your purse.
Therefore, I should steal your purse.

What do I win?


Well, in my case nothing, because all of my real valuables weren't in there [luckily]. For argument's sake though, that is a good point, but I still don't see how wanting something, and getting it justifies the rightness or wrongness of it.
 
     
 
guzelle
The Great Heat Miser
I want your purse.
If I steal your purse, then I'll have your purse.
Therefore, I should steal your purse.

What do I win?


Well, in my case nothing, because all of my real valuables weren't in there [luckily]. For argument's sake though, that is a good point, but I still don't see how wanting something, and getting it justifies the rightness or wrongness of it.


OOHHHHH, YOU WANTED ME TO JUSTIFY IT MORALLY.

I think I should.

What do I win now?
     
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> To the mind of the person stealing your possessions, they might have the view point that the world belong to them, that the world owes them. They might be people incapable of understanding other people's points of view so when they steal from a person they can't fully understand or sympathize the consequences of their action.
 
     



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