Jeff Valien's
Moral Classification
of Behaviors
| Behavior Morality: Indeterminate Lacks information to know if it is right or wrong to perform |
Wrongdoing Morality: Wrong If and only if consent of a property owner is violated |
Right action Morality: Right Self-defense, rectifying wrongs, or by owner's consent |
|---|---|---|
| Kill | Murder | Killing in self-defense or assisted suicide |
| Beat up someone | Assault | Beating in self-defense or consensual contact sport |
| Penetrating another or having sex with another | Rape | Penetrating during self-defense or consensual sex |
| Taking what appears to belong to another | Theft | Retrieving stolen goods* or after consensual exchange |
| Being on the property of another | Trespass | Rectifying wrongdoing or by permission of owner |
| Compelling another to obey by threat of harm | Coercion | Threatening in order to rectify wrongdoing |
* Stolen goods can only rightfully be retrieved from the original thief.
See an analogous table which uses Rothbardian terminology.
