Ethics of eviction personal property grab

glatt · 04-21-2015, 02:54 PM

My own take on it is that it is both legal and ethical, but not moral.

I agree with what UT wrote. It's on the curb. It is legally trash. The tenant has a beef with the landlord, and has presumably been properly notified that they are in arrears, and that they risk eviction, and yet they did nothing to prevent this. The ethics are all clear. The rules have been followed. Everyone had their eyes open. No trickery. Everything is ethical.

However, it feels wrong to me. Which is where the morals come in.

But there are scenarios where it wouldn't feel wrong to me. Like if the stuff was there for a couple of days, I'd feel just fine taking it. So already, my morals only go so far. The question is, where do I draw the line for myself?

It's on the curb...

View Poll Results: Taking personal items off the curb from an eviction is...
perfectly fine. It's on the curb!	0	0%
a gray area, but somebody is going to do it, so it might as well be me.	1	10.00%
a gray area, and I would steer clear of it.	2	20.00%
always wrong, and I would never do it.	7	70.00%
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04-21-2015, 02:54 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My own take on it is that it is both legal and ethical, but not moral. I agree with what UT wrote. It's on the curb. It is legally trash. The tenant has a beef with the landlord, and has presumably been properly notified that they are in arrears, and that they risk eviction, and yet they did nothing to prevent this. The ethics are all clear. The rules have been followed. Everyone had their eyes open. No trickery. Everything is ethical. However, it feels wrong to me. Which is where the morals come in. But there are scenarios where it wouldn't feel wrong to me. Like if the stuff was there for a couple of days, I'd feel just fine taking it. So already, my morals only go so far. The question is, where do I draw the line for myself? It's on the curb...

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