Moral dilemma: Finding money on the street and keeping it
Straight up moral dilemma time. If you’re walking along the street minding your own business and you spot a $50 note lying on the footpath would you pick it up and keep it?
I’m a yes. Does that make me a thief?
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Is a $50 the maximum you’d pocket? What dollar figure has to happen for you to hand it over to police? $200, $1000…
My husband, who shaves his head, was walking down the street and a car full of yobbos yelled out “Grow some hair you bald knob” -- five minutes later he turned into another street and found a $50 note. He figured it was the universe reminding him he was in fact lovely.
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But does he then get bad karma in return because he stole that money?
It’s a tricky one.
The 9Honey superstars Kerri Elstub, Jane de Graaff and Jo Abi debated what dollar figure is okay to keep and when you have to hand it over.
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