Is it OK to steal from the rich?

It doesn’t matter if it’s from rich, poor, middle-rich or middle-poor people. It doesn’t matter if it’s from companies, governments or anything else. Stealing is bad, period.

Why do people steal from the rich?

They want money for drugs or they want expensive things to impress their friends. People steal for the high. It makes them feel powerful to take something from someone else and get away with it. Sometimes after achieving this high they will want to do it again and again and this might even lead to addiction.

Who steal from the rich give to the poor?

Monsieur Hood
Monsieur Hood: “I steal from the rich, and give to the needy!” Monsieur Hood: “But I’m not greedy!”

What would Aristotle think of stealing?

Aristotle’s virtue theory According to Aristotle, stealing is an injustice because it deprives a person what is justly and fairly theirs. Even in extreme cases, such as stealing £1 from a billionaire to buy bread to save a starving child who will otherwise die, Aristotle would still likely say that stealing is wrong.

Why does Robin Hood steal?

Robin Hood is described as stealing from the rich to give to the poor to stand up for the common man in the face of tyranny.

Why did Robin Hood steal from the rich to give to the poor?

Do wealthy people shoplift?

Consider the shoplifting problem at high end retailers. One 2008 study in the American Journal of Psychology suggested that wealthy people — considered as those with family incomes over $70,000 for the study’s purposes — were 30\% more likely to steal from any store than those who made $20,000.

What is the rush that shoplifters of thieves get?

relations with addictive disorders, since stealing can release the rush of dopamine that becomes addictive. an imbalance in the brain’s opioid system, which controls urges. a family history of kleptomania or addiction. being female, as two-thirds of people diagnosed with kleptomania are women.

What does the Bible say about taking from the rich and giving to the poor?

Luke 12:33-34 (NIV) “Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Did Robin Hood actually steal from the rich?

In the original stories, Robin and his men even killed people travelling through the forest. And we are sorry to break your heart, but he did not steal from the rich and give to the poor either. He definitely stole, but most of it went into his own pocket!

Can stealing ever be morally right?

In utilitarianism, stealing would only be immoral if it leads to bad consequences for the stakeholders. So, for example, stealing a terrorist’s bomb before he can detonate it would qualify as a morally right action since it increases the total benefit or happiness.