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The main and most important reason it is wrong is because The Bible says "Thou shall not steal" as one of the ten commandments (Unless god tells you to wage war with a group of people and after you have won that war god tells you to collect the spoils of that war-meaning everything that the other people owned is stolen from them because they lost the war-Reference the bible again).Another reason is, when someone steals something other people have to pay more to cover the loss therefore the price of things go up. Its also against the law - if caught it could cause you to have that on your record and this could hinder you from getting a job,etc.

Generally, those that "have" make the rules and they don't want what they have to be stolen, so stealing is illegal. Furthermore, societies have found that commerce and trade work better if stealing is kept at a minimum. But, the crux of the question is who or what has moral authority to establish what is right or wrong. If man made law determines what is right and wrong then changing the law will make stealing right. If social conventions determine what is right or wrong then changing community standards could make stealing right. If physical might determines what is right then stealing will be right, for the powerful. From a moral perspective, stealing can only be wrong if there is a supreme being with the authority to establish what is right and wrong. Hence the reference to the Bible in the first paragraph.

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