why do you haave to be moral when you can do bad things?

Question

help me! its a question my teacher asked me

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Answer 1

It is a case of teating others in the way you would like to be treated. If you want to be robbed, assaulted or killed, perhaps then it is ok to do that to others. Most poeople do not though. Moral means trying to ensure that you live life with rules that you do not break.

Answer 2

Morality and happiness are inseparable concepts that do not exist apart. If one is a moral person it is inevitable that they will be happy, and if truly happy then a person is undoubtedly moral.

Outside of happiness and morality, a person must also be healthy. To do this a person must engage in certain actions that are beneficial to that persons health, For there can be no argument that there exists things that are bad for a persons health. Now it is, that a person has a choice between these actions, he may choose to go to a pastry maker or to listen to the advice of his doctor and avoid these unhealthy foods. the pastry will be bring this person satisfaction in that it tastes good, but the abstianment of this unhealthy food will bring better overall health and a satisfaction. the choice is clear as to which is better, but the body still craves the immediate satisfaction of the pastry.

So this is how it is with morals and happiness. those things that are truly good will bring about a fuller happiness then that brought on by those immediate satisfaction of those things that are bad.

Answer 3

'A good question' it is like positive phenomena progress [or] result in positive way r energy the point is if i am a criminal i will not think about any moral if i like to do bad things, it depend upon things like characters,their surroundings and relationships and their nesscities , "what i mean is in this world u take anything a living or nonliving thing or molecule it has a postive or negative +/- nature", it can be positive at the same time it can't be negative after the moment it can be positive for example" at the time of murder the criminal gets angry and may try to kill the person and after criminal says i hav not thought about to killing the person jst i got angry "
when u want to be negative u can't be moral if u wanna be moral u can't harm any person simple thing
"Always there will no one way but have a lot different view points to reach it " in some cases .
where u can do bad things at the same time u can't think moral whereas the spectator says the person is bad .

Answer 4

You can do bad things to yourself like overeating, smoking, too much alcohol, too much obsession with sex or anything else for that matter, etc. You could be moral and do all those things, only hurting yourself.

But when you are immoral, you could hurt other people by being unjust to them and doing things that hurt them emotionally or physically.

So even though you have the freedom to do bad things to yourself, you must be moral so that you don't hurt others.

Answer 5

to prove that as people we have the choice to be influenced by our morals, or lack of them in certain cases, also we are given the choice between what is right and what is wrong. Doing a single bad act does not mean you lack morals it simply means you morals were not involved in the decision prior to the act.

Answer 6

you don't "have to" do anything...we have free will, and we make our own choices. but if you are a compassionate person who is connected to your own feelings, as well as the feelings of others you will observe that doing bad things feel bad...doing good things feel good. also everything you do has a consequence-

if you give someone a flower for no reason other than to make them feel good- what is the consequence?

if you give someone a dirty look and make them feel small, what is the consequence?

not only do you make them feel bad- but they will have bad feelings for you, and may want to make you, or another feel bad, which keeps the bad feeling cycle going and going.

if you spread peace and love- well this grows too- and the world is a better place.

*peace

Answer 7

Most humans through experience of past mistakes choose to be moral because ultimately they don't like the consequences of their actions.

Answer 8

your damn conscience gets in the way...


many cultures believe if you do bad things, bad things will happen to you (like karma) so refrain from doing so. Others want to have a good afterlife, and some fear God.

but mostly, i would say it is to do with your conscience - you naturally don't want to hurt/cause harm to other people. The guilt becomes unbearable...

Answer 9

You should really seek that answer from within you but to hell with it....my opinion ;)
It's easier to be bad because you don't have to be nice, or forgiving or loving to anybody
It can be very hard to forgive somebody who done you wrong, difficult to smile at the snarling and undesirable to love the one full of hate but it can be very rewarding when/if you see the love shining through in them

Answer 10

Morality is a choice. You can choose to do good or evil. It is part of your free will, which is a gift from God.