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What are the ethics of giving back money that doesn't belong to you?

  • Written by Kate Padgett Walsh, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Iowa State University
What are the ethics of giving back money that doesn't belong to you?Keeping what is not rightfully one's own reveals a lack of integrity and kindness.Mohammed Asad/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

In Monopoly, a player who draws the card that says “BANK ERROR IN YOUR FAVOR. COLLECT $200” gets to keep the money.

But what happens when such a mistake occurs in real life?

Kelyn Spadoni, a 911 dispatcher, recently...

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