What do JPP leftists think of this moral reasoning?

Teflon Don

Teflon Don

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Do you agree that if it is a Big Box store that you aren't really stealing?

What about locales that don't prosecute "petty" crimes? Where is the limit morally?

Personally, I think we should to back to taking a hand for stealing no matter how "petty". It won't take long for it to stop
 

1. Claim / Question: “If it is a Big Box store that you aren't really stealing”​


  • ❌ Fact check: Legally and morally, this is false.
    • Taking items without paying from any store—big box or small—is theft.
    • Some people argue that large corporations can “absorb losses,” but that does not change the legal or ethical status of the act.
    • Laws do not distinguish theft based on store size; criminal statutes generally treat all theft as theft, though penalties may scale with value.
  • Bias check: This statement is an ethical rationalization—it minimizes wrongdoing because the victim is a large company. This is a form of moral bias or cognitive dissonance.


2. Claim / Question: “Locales that don't prosecute petty crimes … where is the limit morally?”​


  • Fact check:
    • Some jurisdictions deprioritize minor theft, using civil citations or diversion programs. This is true.
    • Legally, lack of prosecution does not make the act legal or morally permissible.
  • Bias check: The implication that “if the law doesn’t punish, it’s okay” is a moral relativism fallacy. Just because enforcement is low doesn’t mean the act is ethically neutral.


3. Opinion: “We should go back to taking a hand for stealing no matter how ‘petty.’ It won’t take long for it to stop”​


  • ❌ Fact check: Corporal punishment for petty theft is illegal in most modern societies, including the U.S. and most Western nations.
  • Bias check:
    • This reflects a retributive justice perspective, valuing punishment over rehabilitation or proportionality.
    • It ignores legal, ethical, and human rights considerations.


✅ Summary​


  • Theft is theft regardless of store size or prosecution policies.
  • Not prosecuting petty theft does not make it morally acceptable.
  • Advocating corporal punishment is legally invalid and ethically contentious.
 
Teflon Don said:

Do you agree that if it is a Big Box store that you aren't really stealing?

What about locales that don't prosecute "petty" crimes? Where is the limit morally?

Personally, I think we should to back to taking a hand for stealing no matter how "petty". It won't take long for it to stop
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I think exactly how the article judged the discussion, “very silly conversation”
 
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