A Question

[sedenko]

I have a story for you all. And a question

Comments

[star9186]

hm. i spose the sunday school answer would be no, he shouldnt have stolen it. stealing is breaking a commandment. it isn't 'thou shalt not steal unleeeess you have a really good reason'. the shopkeeper shouldnt have been greedy and raised the price so high, but one sin doesnt excuse another. also, johann should trust that God will take care of his wife, whether that be through medical means gained honestly or through her death and end of suffering.

[afmgreentea]

yup. ditto. :-)

[kjersten]

yeah, you'd have to live with that sin, which isn't cool. sarah explained this well. Also, he's very likely to get caught, meaning separation from sick wife. furthermore, if they did find some radium stuff like that, it probably would be worth 10K euros, for R&D and production, so it's really harming the shopkeeper and other people.

[sedenko]

This is a very interesting result.

[kjersten]

what did you expect?

[sedenko]

I expected Sarah to have the response she did, but I didn't entirely expect that there would be consensus.

[sedenko]

The entire question is based off of Kohlberg's model of moral development. There are six stages of development expressed in this model, and it focuses on the reasoning process behind the making of moral choices. I think you are all are stage four.