Somebody gives you money to purchase a lottery ticket. They choose the same number every week. Every week you tell them you got the ticket but really you pocket the money instead.
Effectively you're robbing them of an almost infinitely small chance of winning, virtually nothing at all. They still get the experience of playing the game.
Yet it feels very immoral.
Is it?
2006-11-16 04:39:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
And if they win?
2006-11-16 04:47:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is very immoral. I remember watchcing a show that was like that and he eventually won the lottery and gave the person that bought the ticket everyday the winning money. So, he ended up screwing things up for himself.
2006-11-16 13:07:26 · answer #2 · answered by Maryann B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't play the lottery only for the feeling. They play for the chance of winning, however small it is, and you are taking that away from them.
2006-11-16 12:47:33 · answer #3 · answered by IElop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Guilt is like a sack of bricks, all you gotta do is set it down."
The Devils Advocate.
If it is an old person or a handicapped person or a mentally ill person then you would be a jack off to do such a thing...
But if it is a normal everyday idiot. Feast and fodder babe!
2006-11-16 12:48:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
theft is theft.u have taken a persons money(not u necessarily,i mean theoretically)and kept it.actually,the truly moral thing to do would be to tell the person-"u have almost no chance of winning.save ur money",and refuse to participate in any way.
2006-11-16 12:49:46 · answer #5 · answered by Lyn K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is immoral, dishonest, and despicable! You are embezzling your friend's money which was entrusted to you--you are stealing, and it is wrong.
A person who would do this is not a friend at all. On my planet we have another name for it--THIEF!!
2006-11-16 12:54:33 · answer #6 · answered by Gee Wye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dependabilty.....No it's not moral...if they won...you'd miss out on a cut!....Remind me not to send you...lol.....it's a dollar you better go get them thier ticket or replace it!
2006-11-16 14:19:21 · answer #7 · answered by ~Another Day~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thou shall not steal.
One of the ten commandments
2006-11-16 12:55:42 · answer #8 · answered by Amor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course it is, stealing is stealing. no matter how or how well they are deceived.
a quote i read somewhere....'good character is doing whats right when no one is looking'
2006-11-16 12:48:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya, because it's theft.
2006-11-16 13:03:39 · answer #10 · answered by Steady As She Goes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋