Re: Morality and Happiness
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But people do stop themselves from doing certain things that are enjoyable because of a moral code correct or not? If you could steal money and noone find out would you? If not is it because the guilt etc would make you unhappy or because of an abstract "morality" that you seek to either maximize or keep above a certain level.
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what would make you think that 'behaving morally' doesn't make some people happier than stealing some ones gum?
I just tried laying sideways to see if I could conjure up a situation where somebody does something, X, all the while believing that Y would make them happier.
Again, not that they're right, and they often overweight short-term satisfaction, but they don't choose X for it's misery value.
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