Suppose there was no religion and no laws and rules, will there be any reason left for us to be a good person?

[libraboy]

Won't we all become opportunists? Or do you think there will be some reasons left to be good to others?

[D_Bone_Steak]

The golden rule is innate... We don't do harm to others unless we have a need. Look up the golden rule if you don't know what I'm saying.

Anyways, there's a reason psychopaths like to kill animals for fun while normal people will pet a kitten or a puppy and probably feed it if it needs food. The idea that we would need to be directed to think or feel in a certain way in order to act right... all I have to think about that line of thinking or anyone that has that line of thinking... possibly psychopathic.

Physically they lack a pituitary gland in the brain... normal people are normal. I'm not ignoring the fact that abuse can do a lot of damage to a normal person though.

[FunkyMonkee]

Yes, the less you do evil shit to others, the less you'll have it done to you by them.

[Agape93]

Yeap

Way I seeit, if you need rules or threats of punishment in order to be decent with people, you're a piece of shit to begin with

[Berethor]

The anti-nihilist trope, many people are good by nature, and vigilantes don't need law.

[jshm2]

That is pretty much what anarchy is, kiddo.

[Paradox316]

Yes there is a reason: You want people to be good to you, so you should first be good to others to the best of your ability.

[In_Trance]

laws and religions are arbitrary dictates used to control the population, not universal standards of morality