We want to do what is right because it is right, not because it will gain us a reward, such as others treating us better. To some extent this does happen but in the real world there are those who take and never give.
This brings to mind the concept of karma, not a magical cloud of good and bad energy we accumulate but the fact that to a large extent evil people end up in places like jail or worse and good people do get treated better. It is not guaranteed, as I just said, but it does happen. More important, when we do what is right it changes us for the better and vice-versa. The more evil we do, the easier evil becomes, the more good we do the more natural it becomes. In short, we make what we are by what we do.
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