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! This probably seems like a pretty stupid and obvious question, I’m just interested whether people tend to act morally out of
- Pure automatism
- Fear of punishment
- Conformance to authority
- Conformance to the majority
or do they actually act according to their own moral principles? How deeply does the average person think about morality? Are their moral principles derived externally (by internalizing laws, religion etc.) or internally (by constructing them through purposeful contemplation)? !<
Not sure whether the spoiler is working or not lol
I don’t follow some laws, mainly copyright related ones as it goes against my personal morals and there is no punishment.
If a law is immoral and there is punishment, I would conform out of fear, but want to protest it.
If a law is moral, then great!
I’m not so conceited as to imagine I haven’t internalised any external morals from authority, majority, or religion, but whenever I actually consciously reflect on my morals, the only one that seems to matter is what I think is moral, not what others do.