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Isn’t this analogy wrong? The question implied is: if shoplifting were legal and if some people shoplifted to feed hungry babies, should we make shoplifting illegal?

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If it weren't wrong, it would not be an analogy. Most intelligent people will realize that the current state of the law is irrelevant, but if you really can't get past that:

If shoplifting were undesirable and if some people shoplifted to feed hungry babies, is shoplifting then desirable?

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