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If you couldn't get caught? I'm talking as in no penalties at ALL.
Background Story::
"A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates -- who, like Adam Smith, argued taht people are generally good even withoutenforcement. Glaucon disagreed. He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. When Gyges put onthe ring, he found that it made him invisible. With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things-- seduce the queen, murder theking, and so on. Glaucon's story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed?"
Source: Levitt. Freakonomics. p50-51.
Background Story::
"A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates -- who, like Adam Smith, argued taht people are generally good even withoutenforcement. Glaucon disagreed. He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. When Gyges put onthe ring, he found that it made him invisible. With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things-- seduce the queen, murder theking, and so on. Glaucon's story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed?"
Source: Levitt. Freakonomics. p50-51.