Seeking advice on a moral dilemma

I just found 120 Euro (about $172) on the floor in the hallway in a hostel in Berlin. What should I do, and why?

It's not inconceivable that the hostel might just take the money if I turn it in.
I'll be at this hostel for about two more days.

I just found 120 Euro (about $172) on the floor in the hallway in a hostel in Berlin. What should I do, and why?

It's not inconceivable that the hostel might just take the money if I turn it in.
I'll be at this hostel for about two more days.

You're right. It was late, and I considered it such a non-issue that I rushed my reply. Your answer is much better.

The only defense I can give is that "not being a jerk/dick" is very quick for situations where time-pressure may exist, and gives the right answer most of the time. I realize that's not a good defense for a question posted to a forum where the respondents have plenty of time to think.

And I love that you italicized pnhfr even though the formating doesn't carry through at rot13.com. I gather you can read/write in rot13?

I have the Firefox addon leetkey, which allows me to ROT13 in place, so I did see the italics.

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Thanks. You're right, the jerk heuristic is good for quick judgment. It's just that there's a difference between being a jerk when no one will know it's you (this scenario) vs. being a jerk when they will (say, camping the passing lane), and the former are more complicated. [...] I just wrote it as I would a normal post, with the asterisks, which do carry through, and then pasted the output here -- this site can then format it since it sees the asterisks.

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