why is "doing what's right" synonymous with "doing what's painful?"

[dolph]

it seems that the mature thing to do is usually also the hard thing to do. why can't it ever be the easy and good feeling thing to do? sigh

 

[clamum]

Just be immature and your problem is solved! :beer:

 

[Kadarin]

I'm guessing your problem has to do with women....

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: dolph
it seems that the mature thing to do is usually also the hard thing to do. why can't it ever be the easy and good feeling thing to do? sigh

Because, unlike what the humanists assume and preach, most humans are inherently evil. Thus, doing the "right" thing, as defined by society, hurts us, and thus makes it hard.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Because if you're doing something that's both "right" and "beneficial", it's the "natural" choice.

If you see a hot chick drop something and you pick it up for her, was that not the "right" thing to do?

Basically, it never comes up until you need to think about these things.

Same kind of calibur question as "Why is whenever I look for something, it's in the last place I look?" (because you stop looking for it if you find it, dumb$hit!).

 

[eakers]

some people believe that we never do things for the good of others but rather for our own good. perhaps had you chosen differently you would have suffered feelings of guilt or been viewed poorly by others by which you want to have a more positive esteem.

in conclusion, its better this way.

 

[Giscardo]

Originally posted by: Jehovah
Because if you're doing something that's both "right" and "beneficial", it's the "natural" choice.

If you see a hot chick drop something and you pick it up for her, was that not the "right" thing to do?

Basically, it never comes up until you need to think about these things.

Same kind of calibur question as "Why is whenever I look for something, it's in the last place I look?" (because you stop looking for it if you find it, dumb$hit!).

Yeah I agree with Jehova. In general if you have to think about whether or not to do something, because it may be "right" or "wrong", it's because you don't want to do it. Do you think about whether or not eating the food your mother or wife puts on the table for dinner? No because you are hungry and the food is given to you. And so now the question is why do we have notions of "right" and "wrong"?

I think that one explanation is that right and wrong are a necessity of living in social groups, it's a way of getting people to do what's good for society.