How do some people sleep at night after some of the cruel, unethical things they've done?

Question

There are people who cheat on their spouses, steal from the charity fund, get drunk and assault their girlfriends, use drugs and endanger the lives of their children, and the list goes on and on.

Some people feel guilty when they do those things, but there are a LOT of people who go through their lives everyday without as much as the slightest bit of remorse for actions like that. Not only that, but they accuse you of being "intolerant" if you hold them accountable for their inappropriate behavior.

What causes someone to live their life without a conscience?

Answer 1

With their eyes close.

Some people have NO feeling for anything or anybody for that matter.

Answer 2

Your question is a really hard one to answer. I doubt I'm qualified to, but this is my take.

With each person it's different and we have to remember that everyone grew up differently. I have extrodinarily strong moral values because that is the way that I have been raised. I have also been raised in a loving and supporting environment. Many, many, way too many people however have not been. When you grow up without love and don't know how to love you can't really see how much your actions can affect others. I think it has a lot to do with the way you learn, because everyone's different.

However there are some people who have a mental illness to blame, like sociopaths and some people have become used to commit horrible deeds. Maybe at one time it might have affected them, but if they are in an environment where they must do horrible things over and over again they begin to harden to it and not feel anything about it after a while.

Every case is different and it's not excuse for what crimes are commited, but that is how I am going to answer.  

Answer 3

Some people live without love, unfortunately

Answer 4

"There are people who cheat on their spouses"

What if their spouses are horrible, nasty twats with no regards to their feelings, and they wanted to feel loved? Not that I've been in such a situation, but it's something to think about when defining right and wrong.

As to the rest of it...personality. If they see nothing wrong with it, they see nothing wrong with it, and that's that. Oh, though mental illnesses could be blamed, but I think we all know that a lot of these people have nothing wrong with them.

*looks at the thumbs down*

Haha..didn't take long. I see we're not allowed to express an opinion around here. Bloody ridiculous. *laughs and walks off*

Answer 5

people are messed up in the head. you would be suprised by the things people do.