Moral Dilemma

Write about Wright's moral dilemma regarding stealing and comment whether he is justified in doing what he does.


Wright's has a moral dilemma regarding stealing and I feel that he is justified. He steals because he has this need to better himself and get out. I also feel that Wright is justified because he is doing what he has to do to survive – he has good intentions. If he stayed and worked to get money, it would have taken forever. I think in the chapter, Wright even mentions that it would take him at least 2 years to come up with that kind of money, and in that time, other things would have happened and he very well would have given up. He steals to get out in the quickest way possible.