[r9etb]

My ability or inability to talk someone out of robbing me is irrelevant to whether my concept of morality is rational. A person who steals is making the baseless claim by his actions that he is inherently more valuable than others.

So ... is stealing right or wrong? Please prove your answer rationally.

[ahayes]

Given:

1. I do not want to be harmed.
2. Neither I nor any other human is more inherently valuable than others.
3. Others likewise do not want to be harmed.

Therefore: It is logically consistent that I should treat others as I would like to be treated.

I don't want to be stolen from, it's fairly safe to say I share this opinion with pretty much all of humanity, so therefore I should not steal from others.