Why Is Stealing Wrong

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What does come up first in your mind when you hear the word “stealing”? Are you thinking that is absolutely a wrong thing?, or you will say “it depends”. In my opinion, it depends on what the situation is, and then we decide stealing is right or wrong. To legally, stealing is wrong, however, to morally, it is not wrong to steal because of some reasons. There is nothing absolute, and there is sometimes stealing is not always wrong.
When I was a kid, I read a comic book and it told that there was a poor father lived with his daughter. There was a day his daughter got really sick but they had nothing to eat. That father felt really worry, he went to every house in the town to ask for a break but no one give him. Does not want to see his daughter die for starving, he decided to steal a break in the store and then he was put into jail for several years
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In this situation, we can not say that stealing is right. It is a dishonest thing to do. Nobody want to be stolen something in their life in anyway. Stealing affect bad outcome to both the stealer and the owner. With the owner, when someone steals something from them, they not only steal the thing you obtained but also steal your time and your hard working that you put on that. With the stealer, stealing show that the individual wants get the thing he/she wants to without trying. They have a strong desire and want to take it from the other people that tried better than them. If this behavior can be success one time, it will lead to long term process because of the satisfaction, and keep them from doing bad things. If unfortunately the stealer is busted, this individual will lost trust with other people, it will be really hard for them to take the trust back to people. For example, when someone in your family steal something and your family member know that. You will lost their trust from you and even worse, their feeling is hurt because of your

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