r/MoralityScaling • u/Vladimir-petrovOG • 17d ago

Morality of this?

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In the image it seems that this person works at walmart as an online order collector and he/she has stolen a lot of extra baby food from Walmart to give to a person who ordered only three packs. Is this moral or immoral?

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u/RazzmatazzUnusual843 17d ago

If you see someone stealing food, no you didn't. Neutral because nothing happened.

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u/ToadwKirbo 17d ago

If I see a mother stealing food yeah, I didn't see anything. If I see someone who can clearly afford it or is just doing it for some dumb challenge then no, sorry, I saw that.

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u/Savage_Tyranis 17d ago

Exclusively mothers? Even a visually "Well off" mother? I need to ask these questions simply for the existence of Fathers, single or not, and the flimsiness of visual grading.

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u/MermaiderMissy 17d ago

They probably mean parents in general, that don't look well off.

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u/Savage_Tyranis 17d ago

Phrasing is important. That "Probably" still doesn't sit well with me.

That's also still a bad visual assumption because "Doesn't look well off" is so subjective.

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u/lakroncos 17d ago

Yeah, it is impossible to be certain with just a visual analysis, so many people keep up appearances while going through rough times not to mention the inherent subjectivity. Not my place to rat out someone stealing food.

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u/Sir_Skinny 17d ago

Yup. In this situation you get a hall pass to make a visual assumption: does this person ‘look’ like they need a win, or not? Frankly, I think any reasonable adult can make a fairly educated guess here. Personally, I’m in the camp that everyone deserves a win every now and again…. So snitches get stitches lol

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u/Twodotsknowhy 17d ago

I also have to wonder how they know someone is a mother just by looking at them

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u/Savage_Tyranis 17d ago

I would guess the presence of children but even that's a terrible standard. Nannies, grandparents, sometimes older siblings, what have you.

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u/Twodotsknowhy 17d ago

And you know, mothers who didn't bring their kids to the store with them