Week 4: The Last Choice on the List
The other day I was shopping and while I was checking my items out I saw that a woman had left her wallet on the counter. At this point I had three options. I could keep the wallet for myself and what was in it, I could give it to the cashier, or I could chase after the woman (who had left a couple of minutes ago). I decided that I should do the latter, simply because it would make the woman's life easier. In my opinion this is the motivation of being moral. To make other people's life easier and more enjoyable should be a goal of all humanity. Not only because it creates more happiness for others, but because it reciprocates happiness back to you. A life of morality is a never ending spiral of positive feelings. Who wouldn't want to live like that?
Soren, wouldn't this world be different if we could all make decisions that were in the best interest of others?
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