I think of it pretty simply – taking something that is not yours is theft – just as killing someone is killing whether it is self-defense or war or whatever. For the majority of people theft is considered wrong. Because you have no right to it – PERIOD. There is no system of rationalization under which you can claim justifiable rights to someone else’s property. So it is a matter of morals and ethics – if you have pirated, you have shown disregard for other people, and for the property of other people, and therefore have demonstrated diminished moral and ethical standards. You are also likely a cheater in other areas, since no harm is done there either. But that is all an issue for you to deal with yourself in your own life.

It’s getting harder to determine whether or not someone has pirated a game when release dates are broken and different territories are getting games at different times.