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What happens if you steal food?
Many of them steal necessary items such as food or items for their children. If the value of the goods was less than $400 – it will be charged as misdemeanor petty theft, which is punishable by up to six months in jail and fines ranging from $50 to $1000.
Is it wrong to steal?
But even when kids don’t feel these things, stealing is still wrong. Stealing has serious consequences (say: CON-seh-kwen-sez) because it hurts everyone: Stealing causes a big problem for a family when the thief is caught.
Do you think that stealing food is a choice?
But, if you experience the pain and agony of hunger you would no that stealing food is making a choice between life or death. Any human or animal that’s hungry will steal to survive. At this level morals change and the people who refuse to help the person starving morals come into question.
Is it morally okay to steal food for selfish gain?
If we are stealing food so that a humans life can be preserved it is morally justified. So ultimately if you are stealing, not for selfish gain but so that others may live it is morally alright, furthermore our perception of ownership may differ from the social norm’s perception and we need to be open to understanding it.
Is it moral to steal food for the benefit of starving people?
It is not moral to steal food for the benefit of a starving person, because it is never moral to steal, as stated in “thou shalt not steal”. If a person is genuinely starving, there are agencies which provide food. If those agencies are not conveniently located, just asking for food would probably get food from the majority of the population.
Is it too highly moral to steal a car?
Perhaps it is not too highly moral, but the Bible does say, “God helps those who help themselves”. There is a difference between stealing a car, and stealing food because you are hungry. I think God knows the difference, and would forgive you if you asked.