Tempted to Commit Thievery?

[Lixivial]

No, I wouldn't steal the laptops but I'd probably sneak in and repair their permissions.

Oh my, that's utterly delightful.

 

[beatsme]

Nah, just the worst example of some quite sound reasoning.

A better example would be an unskilled and uneducated destitute worker in the third world or developing world. If all that person can accept is a job working in a sweatshop earning a wage which is barely enough to feed yourself and which does not nearly represent the true value of their labour because all the contractors and sub-contractors have acted to keep wage prices as low as possible, then in that situation I'd accuse the employer of theft of the value of that workers labour.

Sorry to get all Marxist on everyone

I don't defend slave labor at all, but I feel I must point this out:

wages and prices are set locally, and "standard of living" is entirely subjective. So what may well be a pittance to you or me is very likely not half bad money to someone else. I mean, as lousy as the migrant workers have it here in the US, they wouldn't keep coming if it weren't in some way a good deal for them, too...good being defined by "better than what they can get in Mexico." They're poor but they're not stupid.

Though I agree with your contention that the overseas workers who manufacture goods for sale in America certainly don't get paid for what their labor is worth in this economy...no argument there.

 

[hulugu]

Nah, not really.

It's just an Apple fan board, and the reality distortion effect negates the factual evidence of far superior displays offered elsewhere for better prices.

The RDF is a red herring for this logical fallacy. Stealing would be wrong, whether the thing is fairly or unfairly priced.

Now knocking over an armored car is totally different.

 

[thedude110]

Sorry to get all Marxist on everyone

Don't apologize.

Do get Marxist more often, please.

 

[Sun Baked]

Re: Tempted to Commit Thievery?

Don't see that as the only temptation, in the information society.

Make 5-10k and sell the information to some local scum and let them take the risk.

 

[MarkCollette]

Hmm, I always give back excess change to cachiers. They're usually grateful, since it can come out of their pocket/tips.

Oh, and I'd never steal a computer. Hell, I wouldn't even have to worry about the moral decision, because potentially getting a criminal record over some lame little thing is just dumb. I'm not saying that the threat of reprocussions is the only reason keeping me from stealing, just that it's sufficient for me to not even consider stealing.

But dragging some software onto a USB flash drive... Hmm. I think that's already been covered:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/171058/