right & wrong (Draco and grammar was originally discussed)

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No: HPFGUIDX 25471

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., usergoogol at y... wrote:
> 
> > >Draco is that person that we would all like to be if there were 
no 
> > >EternalGod/BhuddhaNature/AbsoluteTruth/Ultimate Justice to 
> > >fear.  
> 
> To this, I must take offense, as a moral atheist. I believe, that 
people, without any of those above things, can be kind, merely 
because, it is a logical thing to do. (If your kind to people, people 
will be kind to you.) Also, doing mean and violent acts is not 
comfortable to do if you feel a sort of "mutual feelings," or, 
empathy.
> 
> Sorry if I was OT, but I was just offended by the (sadly popular) 
claim, that people will only be good, if they fear being punished. 
Some people are good just because they are plain nice.