Morally Wrong Research Paper

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You have no money for food or medical care for your young child. He's ill and in dire need of medicine. Would you feel justified in stealing to save your child's life?
I believe that stealing is morally wrong and it is against my beliefs, but under the circumstances then yes I would steal because I am left with no other alternative. I am willing to break the law if it means I am able to save my child’s life. I would take any possible course of action required to help my child.
If something where to happen to my little one and I wasn’t able to do anything but sit there and watch them suffer then I would never be able to live with myself. A parent’s job is to do everything they are capable of to help their child. Although, stealing may not be the best option, but what else is a father with nothing going for him supposed to do? A kid should never have to tolerate any pain or suffering. A child should never feel any emptiness or sickness. It is up to the parents to do anything to keep their child healthy and safe.
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Stealing is against the law, but murder is also against the law, because I would be murdering my own child without providing him the necessary care they need to be healthy and well. The death of my child would weigh more on me then stealing some medicine. I also know that stealing for him/her would be justified because society would understand that I tried to do everything I could in order to keep my kid alive. There is nothing I wouldn’t do in order to keep my child breathing and