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Do you follow laws, and if so, why? (lemm.ee)

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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)? !<

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[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago

I follow laws mainly because of my own sense of morality - I don't kill, I steal only when I feel I need to, and I don't commit fraud because these things are obviously generally wrong.

I follow stupid laws (such as needing insurance, paying income taxes, or not speeding) out of fear of punishment. These are issues I'll basically never have, because I'm good at driving and don't make enough to affect state level operations

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