The Cookie Jar: A Thought Experiment
If you take a cookie when no one is watching and no one finds out, is it still wrong?
Questions to ponder
- Does something need to be caught to be wrong?
- How would you feel inside?
- What if everyone did this?
Concepts
- Ethics
- Conscience
- Universal Rules
Related thinkers
- Kant - Categorical Imperative
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