Even if you don't end up in the gutter, what you've done by compromising morals is still wrong.
The ends don't justify the means.
This is why moral people "lose" in the short term to immoral people. Only in the long game, which may be longer than your lifetime, is uprightness rewarded. And this is why every sound society (healthy societies don't die) has promoted morality.
Even if you don't end up in the gutter, what you've done by compromising morals is still wrong.
The ends don't justify the means.
This is why moral people "lose" in the short term to immoral people. Only in the long game, which may be longer than your lifetime, is uprightness rewarded. And this is why every sound society (healthy societies don't die) has promoted morality.