Would you keep your morals if noone else did? If most would kill you for thier amusement, or profit, would you respect thier life? If most would lie to you like a polititian, would you stop believing everything people say? Would we be animals without morals? Are we animals anyway?
Now what if there were a sizable portion of people with good morals, and also a good portion without, would you knowing you'd not be on equal footing, keep your morals, or join the other group and enjoy the benefits?
These are some decisions people make in the real world. Some never have morals to begin with(unbringing or genetics?), and some are flexible enough to ditch them, and some choose to keep them or get them, and some are inseperable from them. Which is better is all perspective, and they all exist.
I have strong morals, but sometimes I don't think it's worth it. So many lost oppertunities if only I would put greed or anger, or whatever motivation above benevolence. And not being religious makes morals even less worthwhile, as I will get no "ticket to heaven" for being good. But always it's too difficult to stop being such a nice guy. I'm no doormat or anything, too much pride for that, but I do miss out on oppertunities. If I knew for certain if my morality was taught and not native to me then I'd for sure change, but if it's written in my DNA, then I'd want to follow who I am. I'd sure like a morality study on pre-cultural humans, but time machines don't exist so no dice.
So should I be a greedy criminal, or a benevolent pacifist? Is the bad PR of evil created so that the evil may have power over the fools, or are the evil unatural perversions? What is the pervailling opinion?
Now what if there were a sizable portion of people with good morals, and also a good portion without, would you knowing you'd not be on equal footing, keep your morals, or join the other group and enjoy the benefits?
These are some decisions people make in the real world. Some never have morals to begin with(unbringing or genetics?), and some are flexible enough to ditch them, and some choose to keep them or get them, and some are inseperable from them. Which is better is all perspective, and they all exist.
I have strong morals, but sometimes I don't think it's worth it. So many lost oppertunities if only I would put greed or anger, or whatever motivation above benevolence. And not being religious makes morals even less worthwhile, as I will get no "ticket to heaven" for being good. But always it's too difficult to stop being such a nice guy. I'm no doormat or anything, too much pride for that, but I do miss out on oppertunities. If I knew for certain if my morality was taught and not native to me then I'd for sure change, but if it's written in my DNA, then I'd want to follow who I am. I'd sure like a morality study on pre-cultural humans, but time machines don't exist so no dice.
So should I be a greedy criminal, or a benevolent pacifist? Is the bad PR of evil created so that the evil may have power over the fools, or are the evil unatural perversions? What is the pervailling opinion?