Why bother doing the wrong things if you know what is right, does it not take more energy to do bad than good.

Answer 1

This is an unconventional answer to your question but it merits the consideration of a "spiritual person" as yourself.
Good exists, it has a source from which it emanates. Bad does not exist, there is no source for bad because bad is only the absence of good.
A metaphor will illustrate the point. Light exists, there is a planet that sends us light. Darkness does not exist, there is no planet sending us darkness. Darkness is just the absence of light. Imagine you enter a room full of darkness, the moment you flip a switch all the darkness disappears instantly and all the darkness in the universe has no power to turn off this light.
Good actions have their source in the moral values acquired by a person. The source is the effort and energy the person has spent during a lifetime to acquire them. Bad is just the lack of moral values.
Consider kindness. Kindness is a virtue and emanates from a person that has made a conscious effort to polish his character and acquire this virtue. Cruelty which is the opposite and is considered bad, is the absence of kindness. It is just a lack of virtue.

Answer 2

While we all have some knowledge of right and wrong, it's not a concrete thing that we can look at from any direction and see all of. Every time we recall stored knowledge from our brain, we have to retrace the causal chain that gives it definition. It takes time and effort to build up this knowledge so that it is easily accessible from a new direction, (i.e., in the heat of the moment). So even when people try to behave ethically, they are frequently inconsistent. It's simple human imperfection.

Answer 3

Unfortunately much of the time it's easier to do the wrong thing than the right thing. That's the trap of existence (just like broccoli is good for you & chocolate isn't.) Temptation to do evil just weeds out the weak from the morally strong. If it's harder to do the right thing then it's a testament to those who do the right thing. They have a strong conscience & sense of justice & are able to resist temptation. If it were easier to be good there wouldn't be so much evil in the world...

Answer 4

wrong things are easier to do beacuse they appeal to our senses, and primal reactions. It's easier not to think. It's easier to just react or respond to a basic need.

Besides, I've found that sometimes doing the right thing doesn't mean much, in a world where almost everybody does wrong and just don't care.

Answer 5

In all actuality the reason a lot of people do the wrong thing is *because* it is easier. Why work for your money when you can scam or steal it from others? Why try to find the answer for yourself when you can just cheat off another's paper? A lot of people don't like to work. So instead, they find less honorable ways of getting what they want.

Answer 6

If you have a consience it is harder to do bad than good, but if you don't care that taking an easier path to some temporary gain may hurt others, than the wrong thing can seem appealing.

Answer 7

The bad is often the easier road, however an Epicurean would probably choose to do good regardless of the bads temporary pleasure, as the long term reward for good was greater.

Thus, bad feels good now.

Good feels good later.

Answer 8

We are all familiar with the effects of gravity. Throw a ball up and it comes down. It's a natural law or principle. Just as there are principles that rule the physical world, there are principles that rule the human world. If you live by them, you will excel. If you break them, you will FAIL.

Answer 9

People don't do things based on how much energy it takes to do it.

Answer 10

Not necessarily. Sometimes it is easier to good, and sometimes it is way easier to do evil. If good was always easier, trust me, we'd have a whole lot of saints (in the Catholic sense), including me.