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CULTURE AND SOCIETY 3. Let us imagine a pirate ship who plunders and robs on the high seas. Yet, these same individual robbers on their own ship will behave morally amongst themselves. They will share their loot that they robbed from innocent victims. They may even go out of there way to protect and defend their fellow robbers and killers. Their actions among themselves appears fair and equal yet, it does not deny the fact that they are immoral ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ robbers and thief's. We hold these men responsible for their immorality because they have committed crimes.