Ill-gotten gains

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Is it morally correct to knowingly benefit from strongly immoral actions committed by others? Eg. buying stolen goods for cheap to make your life awesome (putting aside the question of legality).


EDIT

follow-up questions:

In your view, what responsibility do you have to avoid benefiting from the immoral actions of other people? Eg. what moral responsibility do you have to make sure you don't buy stolen goods for cheap. If the example of theft is problematic you're free to substitute any other suitable action.

Fuzzy brings up an interesting point: the availability of other choices, and the costs associated with them.

There is moral responsibility there but it there's nothing like a hard answer. It depends on the circumstances. What choices are available to you in a given situation and how much effort particular options are.

Do choices that are morally right automatically trump the immoral choice, rendering that immoral choice unacceptable by default? Your post leads me to believe that you, at least, don't necessarily think so. How significant must the effort/cost associated with the right option be in order for us to prefer the wrong option?

Eg. pirating music or software, or stealing out of desperation to feed your family after becoming unemployed, or robbing a bank to get money for your brother's cancer-treatment.