Comment by vishnugupta
8 hours ago
> People generally follow them because they expect to be caught and punished.
Laws are the last line of defense. People don’t do bad things primarily because their human nature and moral compass stops them from doing so.
That's not really true.
People don't do bad things because they have nothing to gain from them. Ask someone to do something evil as part of their job, they'll often do it.
There's lots of ways that you could go out of your way to hurt someone and get away with it. There are not that many ways you could go out of your way to hurt someone, get away with it, and significantly profit.