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[–]StillLessons 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"Virtue"

Guilt is inherent to the human condition. This tells us that we know which behaviors are moral and which are not. The whole concept of "relative morality" cannot account for the innate sense of right and wrong that we possess.

Life is a lot more fun when we respect what our guilt tells us. If we feel guilty doing something, rather than trying to upend thousands of years of human experience to convince ourselves "it's just society telling us this," let's start paying attention. Stop activities that provoke guilt - whether you intellectually think the guilt "makes sense" or not - and we discover life is far more fun, satisfying, and meaningful.