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Originally Posted by unregistered
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I disagree
I believe it is the veneer of civilization that restrains some, others require the inhibition of police on-call, others do what they think they can get away with
remove effective/honest police from the equation and there is a huge shift in the size of the groups towards lawlessness
I do not think that people are 'good', I think they can choose to act 'good' - a very different thing
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I use term 'good' but don’t think that means people don't do things based on self-interest. I personally think that everyone operates on some level of self-interest. For 'good' people, self-interest is avoiding guilt from brought on by empathy. 'Bad' people often lack the empathy or have it severely suppressed in some way. The latter group will need the restraint of law or simply will not care at all about law. However, I think that most humans fall into the former group. I’ve been and seen humans at their most base animal level, people jump on grenades to avoid the guilt of letting a down a buddy…not to survive.
....I think this is a philosophical point best discussed over beers
