There are 2 basic reasons. One because I have to live with myself and if I was a lying, cheating son of a bitch who didn't give a damn about anyone but myself I wouldn't like me very much and 2 because it's in my own best interest and .
I don't have to constantly be on the look out for somebody I screwed coming after me or try to remember all the lies I told.
I don't need any extra stress in my life and not doing what's right is about as stressful; as it gets. I don't handle guilt very well
Sometimes doing the right thing isn't the most convenient thing and certainly there are usually better options you could have for yourself. But, if I feel that something is wrong then I don't want to engage in that behavior. Because doing the right thing might not always feel too great but I don't want to be the kind of person who is intentionally wrongdoing.
Sometimes doing the right thing doesn't feel good, but is still the right thing. Doing it for the purpose of "feeling good" or out of fear of some afterlife, cheapens it in a way.
theres really no other reason that i believe that ou should do the right thing, because it does feel good when you know ou are doing something right, even though sometimes it can feel wrong at first, like telling on ur brother for using drugs or something dangerous like that.
Most people don't realize that behaving with integrity, without hypocrisy, is in their own long-term self-interest... because they seek more short-term pleasures or material gain.
Everything you do affects someone or something else, and it will come back to you, sooner or later.
Behaving towards others as you yourself want to be treated will not only make it more likely that the people you interact with directly will in the future treat you the same, but the cascading chain reaction will also inspire a society in which nearly everyone can live well, including yourself.
Doing the right thing is in everyone's and your own best interest.
I just wish I'd always do the right thing 100% of the time! Sometimes I just don't realize I've done the wrong thing until it's too late. Then, i do the other right thing. Apologize. Confession is good for the soul even though it is humbling.
The " right thing" is purely subjective. What is "right" for "you" is not necessarily "right" for another.That being very much the case, one can only be guided by one's own 'little inner voice'-and we all have one if we take the time to listen to 'it'-as to what one must do to "do the right thing"...
I don't have to constantly be on the look out for somebody I screwed coming after me or try to remember all the lies I told.
I don't need any extra stress in my life and not doing what's right is about as stressful; as it gets. I don't handle guilt very well
Behaving towards others as you yourself want to be treated will not only make it more likely that the people you interact with directly will in the future treat you the same, but the cascading chain reaction will also inspire a society in which nearly everyone can live well, including yourself.
Doing the right thing is in everyone's and your own best interest.