In a world without laws would you be an evil person?

[noname223]

From time to time I stream animes let's say in a grey area. I watch soccer with my VPN to bypass geoblocking. I also bypass paywalls of newspapers.

I still think these aren't evil actions. I don't have much money and I worry so much about money. I pay for some anime, I pay for some journalism. And in the past I paid a lot for soccer. I also don't want to support everything.

In a world without laws I imagine Thukydides would be right. "The strong Do what they can and the weak suffer what they must". I would be the first target probably. I would probably have to act opportunistic to survive. Or I would kill myself pretty early if barbiturates were unregulated. It is hard to imagine a world without laws, and which implications this would have. I am not sure whether I would change my morals much. There is also the question would I be Born in a world without laws which would change a lot. Or whether let's say starting next friday All laws will become irrelevant

I don't have it in me to fight. Especially, not physically. My clan aka my family had to defend me. Maybe some families of friends could join the Clan. But with a lack of antipsychotic Mediation insanity would be only a matter of Time. I am a hoarder though. I am not sure how Germany would look like without laws. We don't have militias. And only a few people own guns. The US would be more chaotic I assume.

 

[WhatCouldHaveBeen32]

From time to time I stream animes let's say in a grey area. I watch soccer with my VPN to bypass geoblocking. I also bypass paywalls of newspapers.

Heinous stuff, how can you sleep at night?

No, I wouldn't be evil, laws are not the reason I'm not evil in the first place.

Although if you could read in the minds of most people on earth, you'd quickly get depressed knowing what their answer to this question really is. Some are already just saying it on social media platforms. To be rapists and murderers everywhere.

 

[underairpressure]

The law has nothing to do with morality, frankly. Only about control and regulation. Though I guess it's still an interesting question of how a lack of laws would influence your actions.

I'd say Thucydides is already right. The "strong" are often the ones who get to make (and choose how to enforce) the laws, and the weak/disadvantaged already suffer. The law has never served to help or protect the weak, not really.

 

[Pluto]

 

[Forever Sleep]

I don't have the desire to do really bad stuff. I'd probably be about as average as I am now. Not all good, not all bad. I had quite a strict upbringing though. I still live by maybe the majority of what I was taught. Not just in terms of legality but in terms of manners and courtesy. I do still slip up though.

I suspect a lot gets established in our upbringing though. So- maybe that's the bigger question. How morally virtuous would your parents have been without rules? How 'good' would they expect you to be? We're formed by our parents and society. Presumably, if that were more lawless, we would be too.

Genetically though, I'm more of a shy, timid person in real life, so- I doubt I'd do well in a lawless society.

 

[Unlucky777]

Laws or not, inherently good people would inherently be good people. Some people have morals and values and some don't. Even that is all up to personal interpretation and application.

Having said that, I would strive to do the right thing in every situation so that I won't ever have a guilty conscience

 

[Macedonian1987]

In a world without laws I would kill as many bullies as i can. I will gladly become serial killer of bullies. Nobody will miss the bullies anyways.