A third thought

A person driving a stolen car still has certain responsibilities to drive safely.When caught,he gets,let us say, 2 years.If he kills someone,he gets many more years.The evil of stealing a car can be increased by circumstance but not diminished if the theft is for pleasure alone. Psychologically,there are serious problems with this argument.The thief may justify his bad behaviour by claiming that he will always drive safely.In fact he needs to steal in order to perfect his technique of safe driving.He is rather like a prostitute who justifies the evil of prostitution by claiming recourse to safe sex