An individual acting ethically does so out of his own insight and sense, which includes a sense of compassion and empathy, but also includes a sense of justice, right action and seeking toward some sort of good. If he filters this through a layer of incantations in Swahili, or a layer of platitudes from the Christian mishmash of rules and doctrines, it can look like he is just complying with rules; but if he has any spark of self-determination in him at all it is a social screen.

An individual who rules his life by others' moral platitudes without considering their consequences and ramifications is not living.

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