Quote from: bitcoin2cash on July 10, 2011, 11:12:16 PM

Quote from: david4dev on July 10, 2011, 10:51:56 PM

Not always.

Then my previous criticism stands. You're looking at the consequences and deciding if the action is right or wrong based on that. You've got it backwards. You need to first decide what actions are right or wrong and then accept whatever consequences they entail.

Quote from: david4dev on July 10, 2011, 10:51:56 PM

Someone starving stealing food is not immoral either in my opinion.

Even if you steal as a matter of life and death, you should still be forced to pay restitution because it's still wrong. It's not something owed to you just because you are hungry. If it weren't wrong then you wouldn't be expected to pay for your crime.

My views on theft depend on the consequences. I don't believe that it is an absolute wrong like murder or initiatory violence. We have a fundamental difference in opinion where you believe in the sanctity of property and I don't.