…maturity has nothing to do with age. What matters are a person’s intentions. The difference between a child, an adolescent, and an adult is not how old they are or what they do, but why they do something. The child steals the ice cream because it feels good, and he is oblivious or indifferent to the consequences. The adolescent doesn’t steal because he knows it will create worse consequences in the future, but his decision is ultimately a bargain with his future self: I’ll forgo some pleasure now to prevent greater future pain. But it’s only the adult who doesn’t steal for the simple principle that stealing is wrong. And to steal, even if she/he gets away with it, would make her/his feel worse about herself/himself…