I hate this saying because it’s claiming lazy thieves are honest people. If you would steal a bike outside a grocery store just because it’s not locked you’re not an honest person.
It’s a saying from a different morality than your own. You see honesty as an intrinsic, binary trait. The saying is from the perspective of sin, where everyone is dishonest and through conscious acts attempts to achieve relative honesty. By locking goods, you reduce temptation, making the struggle for honesty easier for another right-minded sinner.
I hate this saying because it’s claiming lazy thieves are honest people. If you would steal a bike outside a grocery store just because it’s not locked you’re not an honest person.
Locks counters the finders keepers rule.
Hey look! I found a lock in the open.
I’ll now be keeping it for myself and whatever is attached to it.
It’s a saying from a different morality than your own. You see honesty as an intrinsic, binary trait. The saying is from the perspective of sin, where everyone is dishonest and through conscious acts attempts to achieve relative honesty. By locking goods, you reduce temptation, making the struggle for honesty easier for another right-minded sinner.