Is it wrong to steal from large corporations? A philosopher debates the ethics
- Written by Emma Borg, Director of the Reading Centre for Cognition Research & Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading
Mike_shots / ShutterstockIf you ask someone whether it’s okay to steal, chances are most people would say no. This absolutist approach – stealing is wrong, no matter what – finds philosophical backing in the work of 18th century thinker Immanuel Kant, who held that there can be no exceptions to moral rules.
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