(May 8, 2016 at 5:35 pm)abaris Wrote: Given the circumstances, I'd give both a pass. The cash is lying on the floor or a bench without anyone claiming it. Under different circumstances, say, grabbing something from a shop or somebodies pocket, I would only look more favorably at the one trying to feed her child. Might be that both are acting immorally, but one of them has a valid excuse, while the other has none.
I don't think the mother stealing is acting immorally. It is moral for each to act his role in life. It is for a mother to protect an nurture her children, and pretty much all moral ideas fall to the wayside when a mother is acting motherly.
