As far as I’ve been able to deduce, a very large part of “morality” is a (pre)commitment to override “I don’t care” with “Do it anyway”: spend time while you’re in a “caring” mood mentally preparing yourself to overcome apathy when it strikes. Make it automatic.
Me personally, I run into trouble not with apathy but with anger/vengeance. In these scenarios, the main reason I don’t do anything immoral is that I manage to fume about it mentally and burn out before actually acting on anything.
I also get more into trouble with anger/vengeance. In this case I get a real high from doing whatever “bad thing” it is.
Usually when moral apathy comes into play (i.e. not doing petty things like stealing food) it’s the fear of getting caught that prevents me from doing anything bad.
As far as I’ve been able to deduce, a very large part of “morality” is a (pre)commitment to override “I don’t care” with “Do it anyway”: spend time while you’re in a “caring” mood mentally preparing yourself to overcome apathy when it strikes. Make it automatic.
Me personally, I run into trouble not with apathy but with anger/vengeance. In these scenarios, the main reason I don’t do anything immoral is that I manage to fume about it mentally and burn out before actually acting on anything.
I also get more into trouble with anger/vengeance. In this case I get a real high from doing whatever “bad thing” it is.
Usually when moral apathy comes into play (i.e. not doing petty things like stealing food) it’s the fear of getting caught that prevents me from doing anything bad.