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So, if there were no consequences, you'd walk into a store and take whatever you wanted without paying? And if someone tried to stop you, you'd beat them down for it? You'd push a disabled person into traffick for money? You'd be willing to sell children into slavery?
Morals don't happen just because something bad happens to you when you do bad things. As the other comment says, morals happen because humans are, at their core, an empathetic species. It's how we survived. It's how we evolved to create and use tools, it's how we developed society. Yes, there are unempathetic individuals who stand on the backs of the rest, squeezing every ounce of value out allowed within the law (and some don't even stop there) but they are a very visible minority, in my experience.
I never said it was wrong for me personally but I'm not naive enough to think the majority of people on this planet are only good because there's consequences for doing so.
I help people carry heavy shit because I'm capable. Others help because they'd be looked down on if they don't.
This is reality.
Some people do, sure. I don't think most people think about it hard enough to consider that they'd be looked down upon for not helping. They do because they're capable and because they're present, often without thought. Your world view is jaded, which is understandable. But I do not agree with it.
On the surface, your assertion seems to imply that you think you're better than the majority of people because you do things "because you're capable" and that others only do the same menial tasks because they'd be looked down on if they didn't. That's a dangerously self-centric way to look at things. I don't think that's really what you intended to imply, but... It's there.
EDIT: Please don't misinterpret, I'm not accusing you of thinking you're better, just stating that that's a possible interpretation of what you said and asking if you knew. I appreciate the candid discussion!