“It would be nice to think that people’s inner compasses would choose morality even without laws or rules.  However, in the past, without as much governance, there has been more crime, earlier death rates, and less economic and social opportunity under these circumstances.  Though we have the potential to create a society of morality without the threat of punishment, all it takes are a minority of people disobeying this to cause mass hysteria, panic, and fear and cause the system to crumble.”