(June 22, 2015 at 12:44 am)rexbeccarox Wrote:(June 22, 2015 at 12:32 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: The act. Stealing is inherently wrong.
Because you say so? Because the Catholic church says so? You can't think of any situation in which it is morally right to steal?
It is acceptable for a starving person to steal food, but not more than is necessary.
From the Catechism:
2408 The seventh commandment forbids theft, that is, usurping another's property against the reasonable will of the owner. There is no theft if consent can be presumed or if refusal is contrary to reason and the universal destination of goods. This is the case in obvious and urgent necessity when the only way to provide for immediate, essential needs (food, shelter, clothing . . .) is to put at one's disposal and use the property of others.191
