Is it OK to steal if you are starving?

“People, do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.” Proverbs 6:30-31. Anti-hunger-group officials who were interviewed agree that no hungry person should be charged for food theft and say that programs supplying food to the hungry are insufficient.

Is it OK to steal bread to feed your family?

The agent in the moral dilemma being considered has a duty not to steal and an obligation to feed his family. Because stealing a loaf of bread would cause relatively little harm, and preventing his family from starving would be a great good, the action of stealing the bread would be morally justified.

What happens if you steal a loaf of bread?

It is possible with current laws, but the circumstances have to be pretty extreme. Simply stealing a loaf of bread cannot send you to jail for 5 years. “Simple” theft is only punishable by up to 3 years in jail (article 311–3 of the Penal Code).

When a child is hungry and he stole a loaf of bread from a shop to feed?

When a child is hungry and he stole a loaf of bread from a shop to feed. This action is ethical because a child is hungry and he wants something to eat but this is illegal because stealing is illegalized throughout the world. 02.

Can stealing be justified for any reason?

Answer: no…. stealing can not be justified in any way… as someone could be hurted due to this.

Is stealing a crime?

Theft, also known as larceny, is a serious crime that involves unlawfully taking or using property that belongs to another person. If you have been arrested for theft, you have either been charged with petty theft or grand theft.

Is stealing ethically wrong?

It is a dilemma because there is a conflict between the choices. Usually one action, though morally right, violates another ethical standard. A classic example is stealing to feed your family. Stealing is legally and ethically wrong, but if your family is starving it might be morally justified.

Is it wrong to steal for a good cause?

As long as you are not stealing from yourself, and it is a cause YOU deem to be good, the it is a good deed. If you are depriving yourself to the point where donating would be detrimental then it would be, morally and practically, a bad deed.

Is stealing an ethical dilemma?

What choice would you make to prevent bread staling?

Freezing bread is by far the best way to preserve it in the exact state you bought it in: crusty crust, soft interior. Freezing greatly slows down the staling process, and—bonus! —reheating the bread in an oven or toaster actually re-gelatinizes the starches and makes the bread springy and chewy again.

Is it legal to eat your own body parts?

In the United States, there are no laws against cannibalism per se, but most, if not all, states have enacted laws that indirectly make it impossible to legally obtain and consume the body matter. Murder, for instance, is a likely criminal charge, regardless of any consent.

Would stealing a loaf of bread be morally justified?

Because stealing a loaf of bread would cause relatively little harm, and preventing his family from starving would be a great good, the action of stealing the bread would be morally justified. Use the perspective of virtue ethics.

Is it stealing to feed a starving family?

This question is often presented as a conundrum. According to ancient Christian teaching, however, the answer is simple. The person taking bread to feed his starving family is not stealing at all. Christianity does not hold an absolute right to private property.

Why should Jim not steal the bread?

Stage five (human rights): Jim should steal the bread because everyone has a right to choose life, regardless of the law. Or: Jim should not steal the bread because the shop keeper has a right to fair compensation. Even if his family is dying, it does not make his actions right.

What is the moral dilemma of feeding the family?

The agent in the moral dilemma being considered has a duty not to steal and an obligation to feed his family. Unless there are other means available, this approach would likely yield the conclusion that his obligation to feed his family overrides the moral prohibition against stealing. Take a utilitarian approach.

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