Comment by chii
5 years ago
> The small things preventing humanity from murdering, raping, enslaving, and torturing one another
nothing, except for the threat of punishment from the law - which mostly works.
Why do you think in a country where the law enforcement failed (such as a failed state) breaks down in to chaos so easily? Where's the "Principles, Morals, Ethics" then?
> nothing, except for the threat of punishment from the law
You’ll be happy to know (I hope) that plenty of us (perhaps even the majority!) don’t have any intention to murder and rape, and it’s neither law nor religion which compels us to be minimally decent towards others: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AwebTX3rk3E