View Full Version : Morality vs Legality


BrandyBlue
3-02-04, 08:41 AM
Do you think what is legal is also what is moral, and vice versa?

I don't, I was just wondering what others think.

For example, I saw these two kids tossing a kitten back and forth like it was a basketball. They put it down and ran off to do something, and I went over to the kitten. It was scrawny and malnourished and scared witless so I took it and gave it to a good home. I found out who owned the kitten and stole it anyway and gave it to a good home. I have stolen other obviously neglected/abused animals and I am snotty enough to make the moral judgement to steal more if I need to. I do not tolerate animal abuse.

What I did is illegal, but it would be immoral not to help the animal.

Do you think it's essential to sometimes break the law to do what is right?

Tinajo
3-02-04, 11:23 AM
I agree with you 100%, BrandyBlue.. and if you had gone the legal way and contacted authorities.. it would take forever for any justice to have been served.. if any :no:
If it comes to the "moral" way or the "legal" way.. I'd go moral every time.