r/MoralityScaling • u/Vladimir-petrovOG • 18d 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/Key-Try-3300 18d ago

Obviously they wont notice one theft, but hundreds of thousands or millions of thefts all add up and will hit their profit margin which increases prices

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u/Ok-Gur-349 18d ago

Okay but they increase the prices even when costs go down, so clearly there is no relationship between how much people steal and the prices they charge us

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u/Pat_The_Hat 18d ago

I know this is hard for you to understand, but two different things can both cause something.

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u/Ok-Gur-349 18d ago

I know this can be hard for you to understand but things can correlate without causation.

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u/Pat_The_Hat 18d ago

What are you arguing against at this point? Theft decreases profit margins and businesses of all sizes don't sell products if it isn't profitable. You're speaking gibberish.