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If taking someone's property without their consent and transferring it to another person is theft when an individual does it, what changes when it's done through institutional mechanisms? Is there a coherent moral framework that distinguishes the two? Or does the ethical question remain the same, regardless of scale or authority?
If taking someone's property without their consent and transferring it to another person is theft when an individual does it, what changes when it's done through institutional mechanisms? Is there a coherent moral framework that distinguishes the two? Or does the ethical question remain the same, regardless of scale or authority?
