Would you take the money and run?

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Would you take the money and run?

This is not a trick question; there is no right or wrong answer. I am simply wondering what you would do if you found yourself in this situation. If you took the money, how would you explain why it was OK to do so? If you left the money, why did you think it was wrong to take it? This kind of scenario is part of a story that I have been writing, so I am really interested in your opinions.

You are down and out, walking because you don’t have the money to pay for a bus or other transportation. You are tired, have nowhere to sleep, and it's cold. You are hungry—very hungry.

Imagine that you are walking along a dirt road passing through countryside that you have never seen before, and it is nighttime, although it is still light enough to see. You are taking a shortcut, cutting across the country, and it looks like no one has been around here in a very long time. There are no houses or people anywhere within miles of where you are. There is a bag lying on the side of what laughing is called a dirt road, and the bag is partly open. You approach and start to walk around the bag, but curiously, you look down to see what is inside. Your heart stops as you realize that the bag is full of banknotes of various denominations.

Your eyes dart everywhere, trying to make sense of things. Suddenly you see two cars parked and hidden off the road, partly concealed in the large bushes that are everywhere. As you look closer, you see bodies lying on the ground in the long grass, there has been a gunfight, and despite being fearful, you look at the bodies, money forgotten, to see if you can help.

Everyone is dead, and you know that there is nothing that you can do. As you look at the bodies, you realize they are from somewhere in South America, and it is obvious that some kind of drug deal has gone terribly wrong.

It rained two days ago, and the drugs have washed away. You can see the money is still a little wet, and that means that no one has been here for at least 2 days.

The money is drug money, and the only people who might miss it are dead. No one has been injured, and nothing you do will hurt anyone.

You are careful not to touch anything. When you leave, there is nothing that will identify you or tell anyone that you were there. The dirt road is hard enough that you do not leave any footprints behind.

When you leave, do you take the money or not?

What would you do?

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