Ph-5/2: Ethics--Stealing?

Suppose you see a nickel on someone’s desk and you grab it and keep it.  Debate/discuss and then decide together: is this stealing? 

• Yes

• No

Suppose you see a hundred dollar bill poking out of someone's pant's pocket and you grab it and keep it.  Debate/discuss and then decide together: is this stealing? 

• Yes

• No

Suppose you see a nickel under someone’s chair, never seeing how it got there, and you pick it up and keep it.  Debate/discuss and then decide together: is this stealing? 

• Yes

• No

Suppose you see a nickel fall from someone’s pocket as they’re walking away and you pick it up and keep it.  Debate/discuss and then decide together: is this stealing?

• Yes

• No

Suppose you see a hundred dollar bill under someone’s chair, never seeing how it got there, and you pick it up and keep it. Debate/discuss and then decide together: is this stealing? 

• Yes

• No

Suppose you find a nickle in the parking lot of a mall on Christmas eve and while there are people everywhere, no one is looking for it. You have no idea whose it is, you pick it up and keep it. Debate/discuss and then decide together: is this stealing? 

• Yes

• No

Suppose you see a hundred dollar bill fall from someone’s pocket as they’re walking away and you pick it up and keep it. Debate/discuss and then decide together: is this stealing? 

• Yes

• No

Suppose you find a hundred dollar bill in the parking lot of a mall on Christmas eve and while there are people everywhere, no one is looking for it. You have no idea whose it is, you pick it up and keep it. Debate/discuss and then decide together: is this stealing? 

• Yes

• No

What does it mean to "steal" something?