Why Is Stealing Wrong

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The ethical and moral of the view point of someone close to me is near death, and the expenses of the medication are too expensive to pay my instinct is to help them. I have discovered that it is easy to break into the drug store and steal the medicine, but my coincidence won't be in peace if I steal. My parents have always taught me good morals and stealing is not a correct thing to do. My mom once told me "You could be poor but you should never steal". On the other hand, the best thing to do in a situation like not having money is to work hard. What I would do is work a lot of hours, or sell everything I have before ever thinking of stealing. The potential outcomes for stealing is fearing the consequence of going to jail therefore, I

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