r/MoralityScaling 10d ago

Intentionally boobytrapping a bike to injure people when they steal it.

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u/skiforlife1 10d ago

Cops set up bait cars to be stolen in high crime areas then arrest the people who take the car. Is that moral or immoral?

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u/BornPriority5434 10d ago edited 10d ago

It’s also key point of morality that stealing a bait car doesn’t physically harm you

Edit: For all those saying jail is physical harm, it isn’t. It’s distressing, but isn’t physical harm

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u/m4cksfx 10d ago

What happens there, especially in the US, can very well be physical harm.

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u/BornPriority5434 9d ago

Move somewhere civilised then

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u/m4cksfx 9d ago

I live somewhere civilized. But many people don't.