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

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by crt0o@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I don't follow some laws, mainly copyright related ones as it goes against my personal morals and there is no punishment.

If a law is immoral and there is punishment, I would conform out of fear, but want to protest it.

If a law is moral, then great!

I'm not so conceited as to imagine I haven't internalised any external morals from authority, majority, or religion, but whenever I actually consciously reflect on my morals, the only one that seems to matter is what I think is moral, not what others do.