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What’s to keep me from becoming a god? (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] cujo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

So, if there were no consequences, you'd walk into a store and take whatever you wanted without paying? And if someone tried to stop you, you'd beat them down for it? You'd push a disabled person into traffick for money? You'd be willing to sell children into slavery?

Morals don't happen just because something bad happens to you when you do bad things. As the other comment says, morals happen because humans are, at their core, an empathetic species. It's how we survived. It's how we evolved to create and use tools, it's how we developed society. Yes, there are unempathetic individuals who stand on the backs of the rest, squeezing every ounce of value out allowed within the law (and some don't even stop there) but they are a very visible minority, in my experience.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 years ago

I never said it was wrong for me personally but I'm not naive enough to think the majority of people on this planet are only good because there's consequences for doing so.

I help people carry heavy shit because I'm capable. Others help because they'd be looked down on if they don't.

This is reality.