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Is lying more or less unethical than stealing?
If you steal something, you take physical objects that don't belong to you. If you lie, you don't necessarily "take" anything. But you do create a mindset in another person that could manipulate him to do something that you want -- something that he might not otherwise do, and might not be in his best interests.
Can there ever be a good theft ("he'd harm himself with it if I hadn't taken it"), or a good lie ("it's for his own good.")? Or not?
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