Yeah, that's the bottom line. It's the golden rule. I don't want people stealing from me, therefore I don't believe it is right to steal. Treat others as you want to be treated. Ideally.
As for taxes, nobody's crazy about taxes, but what really irritates me are property taxes. I supposedly have the right to own my own property, and yet I'm forced every year to pay the local government what amounts to rent so I can continue to live there. Some states don't have property taxes. If you live in one of those, consider yourself fortunate.
The millennials are taught all kinds of things. Even this forum likes to disregard morality as disposable and something that just stands in the way of their getting laid. But this attitude will be our downfall.