Which action aligns with the 7th Commandment?

• A. Do not waste other people's times.
• B. Copy others' work without permission.
• C. Steal from stores.
• D. Do not steal others goods or ideas.

Answer: (D)

The action being tested centers on not taking what belongs to others. The seventh commandment forbids theft and emphasizes respecting other people’s property and labor. The choice that says not to steal others’ goods or ideas best captures this principle, because it directly states a prohibition against taking both material possessions and the results of others’ work or creativity. It broadens the commandment’s reach to include intellectual or creative property, not just physical items, which reflects a fuller ethical stance on respecting what belongs to others.

The other options miss the central focus. One is about not wasting people’s time, which isn’t about property. Copying someone else’s work without permission is related to honesty and rights to one’s labor, but it’s a narrower issue than the explicit command against taking what belongs to others, and the explicit mention of ideas in the best option makes the principle clearer and more comprehensive. Stealing from stores is clearly theft, but the wording that includes both goods and ideas communicates the broader scope of the command more completely.