Which do you think is worse: doing a morally wrong action and not knowing about it or knowing that an action is wrong and still doing it?

 

"He who sins innocently, innocently condemns himself" - popular saying.

Step-by-step explanation

It is unquestionably worse to know that an action is wrong and to keep doing it. Going voluntarily against morality shows an open will to support the conscious possibility of error in our actions. As sentient beings we will always have the option to choose between good and bad. Acting in favor of error in a conscious way is to make room for the weak aspects of existence from our own consciousness, it is to give strength to the consciousness of evil as a base habit for all kinds of actions; it is to universalize the possibility of going from a state that struggles for the supremacy of the consciousness of good to a mediocrity state that clearly contradicts our capacity for reasoning.

When I use the popular saying as an answer option, it is to make clear my position that whoever acts badly without knowing that he is doing it, does not constitute a conscious or voluntary attack against the possibility of good and morality. It will never be okay to act morally wrong under any circumstances, but it all gets worse when we know that we are doing the wrong things and persist in the purpose of maintaining such an attitude.

The theme is conducive to recalling the unquestionable assessment that Immanuel Kant makes of the will as the motor that moves consciousness towards the fulfillment of duty and the moralization of reason. This is to support morality as the fundamental basis of the human attitude and the means for the possibility of happiness; good results and satisfaction can only be expected from good action. We can also talk about Aristotle and his need for good actions as a habit to transform morality into a constant in the life of man, a matter of conviction on which, through practice, we generate a healthy dependence.

 The one who acts well becomes the basis, example and reference to make the wrongdoer enter into reflection that his behavior can be reoriented as a natural reaction of the conscious and rational man who has the duty to choose the right as a life option.

There are, Jesus of Nazareth said in the Urantia Book, people who are born from the depths of their hearts to act in favor of evil; lean towards the possibility of error. Not all wrong actions are a consequence of ignorance or weakness.

This reflection leads us to the necessary statement that under no circumstances does evil have a place or acceptance; Hence, less justified - morally speaking - is to justify or give room to a bad action that is known to be such and that it will lead to undesirable consequences.

I repeat, he who innocently sins, innocently condemns himself, but there is more moral responsibility in those who, knowing that he acts badly, persists in his behavior. The worst thing is knowing that an action is wrong and continue doing it, for all that I have exposed.