Just Or Unjust

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Every day we are faced with small, and occasionally large, instances where the decision to be just or unjust must be made. In order to live a good life, one must be just. Living a good life consists of taking on the least amount of suffering while simultaneously causing no one else to suffer. In the circumstance of finding a wallet, returning it would follow as the way to be just and have a good life. While nothing is gained from returning the wallet, neither is anything taken away. The status of the finder as well as the wallet owner remains as it was before the wallet was lost. Keeping the wallet would personally cause me to worry and feel guilt, an unnecessary form of suffering. Additionally, taking the wallet from its owner would certainly

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