All right Shootie, is it OK to take the ill gotten gains of a Pirate? What would make it an ethical action?
Let's say, for example, you provided the information to the cops to get him caught, and so there lies the treasure ... up for grabs. Have you earned some right to it? Would you have the right anyway? Under what principle?
Is it loot stolen from the pirate or is it treasure found?
In the case of the Drug Cartel (modern day pirates), we have drug money, gangster money, human trafficking, etc. The conventional thinking is to turn it over to some authorities, but how is that more ethical than just taking it, and using your own judgment on how best to spend it?
Let's say you commit the riches to supporting decency and to further curtail these wicked endeavors of the cartel? You'd be in competition with the legit war on drugs then. Do you need to have such a purpose to justify the acquisition? |
