Is lack of conscience and sense of responsibility the culprit of human misery?

Answer 1

Yes, that is one, but it follows the destruction for social property, probably following the destruction for personal property, following the hording of others private property; the law is the law, but it is not human law. The right to property is extendable, not extended in the complete past tense and therefor one obeys those who own to obtain their right to property. That extendable right may hold true in law, but you may lose your property at any time. It is a subjective right, not an objective complete reality and so, neither is conscience nor personal duty. My duty is my right and my right is my duty.


The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative.

Answer 2

Yes, however it is vastly unlikely to be the sole culprit of human misery. Human ignorance can also manifest misery; consider a crying baby and a father who knows not what to do. It is not a lack of conscience or responsibility that leaves the father unable to calm the baby, rather a complete lack of knowledge of how to do so. Now we find ourselves distributing the blame amongst the society which raised the father; his environment did not properly train him for fatherhood. Such an example can be invariably more complex, such as human attitudes toward technology and the environment. Cell phones, for instance, can create misery in certain contexts (during movies, meetings, classes, etc.). This may not necessarily be due to a lack of conscience or a sense of responsibility, rather that different minds do not weigh their responsibilities (i.e. leaving the phone on in case of emergencies of loved ones) and their consciences (i.e. leaving the cell phone off so others are not interrupted while watching the movie) uniformly; much less do they consider with infinite inclusion the great multitude of possible explanations for every action perceived.

We'd all be better off if we could justify a conscious rejection of senseless anger and hatred, but its' just not in the cards since we have billions of individuals all working toward their own self-satisfaction (generally to the dissatisfaction of others). Indeed, being aware of the "haves" when you are a "have-not" is dissatisfying. Observing others who appear to not earn their great benefits, while you consider yourself as paying greatly to society yet yielding few benefits, will make you miserable. You must self-attribute praise to yourself for the sacrifices you make for the benefit of society, and continute to self-sacrifice with the knowledge that you are making the world a better place.

Answer 3

I think not! Even those who are miserable know the difference between right and wrong. The culprit here is apathy!

Answer 4

That goes both ways...a conscience can be a source of misery as well. (take it from me, a bearer of the guilt triple whammy- affluent, liberal and catholic.)

Answer 5

Failure to see things from the point of view of others causes most all of the problems.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 6

You can add lack of discipline to that.

Answer 7

Partly, yes; but so are gluttony, greed and vanity...

Answer 8

it is not lack of,
but denial of it.