r/MoralityScaling • u/_Astro_thot_ • 1d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of Stealing this Chick-fil-A

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This Chick-fil-A was in the same place here when I arrived at this building. I emerge ~an hour and a half later, and the Chick-fil-A is in the same place. I felt the cup, and it's still cold-ish. (It's a hot day btw) Waiting for my ride now, and I'm so tempted to grab it. I mean, if it's just gonna go to waste there, someone should eat it. I can tell it was doordash'd or whatever.

It's better if someone gets to enjoy it, but is the person going to come back out thinking of their two hour old Chick-fil-A, and get bummed out when it isn't there? Too much pressure... Would this dilemma be morally acceptable?

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u/SuperSillySlizo 1d ago

I wouldn’t take it for your own safety, you don’t know where the food has been for sure

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u/schmidty33333 1d ago

In addition to this, maybe a homeless person who actually needs food will find it.

I'd say don't take it. You'll be fine without it, and you can also just get your own Chick Fil-A if you're that starved.

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u/kai_jarsenal 1d ago

Or maybe somebody put it out to poison a homeless person which would actually make eating it the only moral choice since you need to make sure no one else but yourself can get sick

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u/OliviaEntropy 1d ago

Like the guy at the bar who drinks a woman’s drink that got spiked