Why do people want what is bad for them?

Question

Bad guys/gals, bad foods, bad things, bad choices.

Why do we want what is not good for us?

Why is easier to give in to the bad than do what is right?

Comments

People are often motivated by a desire for revenge or revenge-minded individuals.

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Answer 1

Right things are always harder when do Initially. After it became your habit. As you said people want bad or attracts to bad things easily. For example, Fast foods are not good for health but we are eating it. It's because of our desire. We should control our desires towards bad things. 

Comments

Do you have any bad habits? How do you control them? We are humans and we tend to have desires. How to control them? 

Answer 2

Greed. They do not understand moral perimeters. They  do not value life and others'. They do not respond to their conscience's prodding to choose what is right, lawful and intelligent judgements. Consequences to their actions always follow them and those around them, even to the people who love them. 

They are devoid of understanding to behave as normal humans. Let's hope they come around, or turn around from their destructive ways for the good and well-being of themselves and those around them.

Comments

I agree with your point, Greed makes a person lose his understanding, and they fail to see its consequences.

Answer 3

Sometimes knowing the consequences we do wrong things because we think we might not fall in trouble or we don't realize what will be the after effects. This usually leads to a sense of guilt. It happens due to the people around who make us realize what we has been done, which makes us feel even worse.

Answer 4

Because others wanted to do what others expected them to do. I don't know why. Maybe to annoy them even more or perhaps to prove to them that he/she is exactly the bad person they've known him/her to be when the truth is he/she isn't that bad after all. 

Answer 5

Curiosity. Peer pressure. Longing for some love. These are just some of the reasons why we often choose the bad choices even if we know what would be the consequences that we may befall. We keep our eye blinded just to satisfy our urges of curiosity and to disregard whatever the effects of executing this decision.

Comments

Peer pressure is the worst thing, just to fit in between a group of people to have them by our side, we often do things which at the end lead us to the path of deep regret.

Answer 6

generally, no one prefers to be bad but the situations and the people around them will make the people bad. for example if there is a rich person and his son or daughter will think like I have more money and I can do whatever I want like drinking, eating bad foods and so on. later some other people will look over this girl and they think like she is having the best life and why can't I? as bad will attract the people so fastly than good so the people prefer to be bad

Answer 7

It's so simple, bad is always very very easy to get. Like staying in the comfort zone is so great but you will never grow in terms of experiences, meeting new challenges and people just to mention a few examples.

Answer 8

One thing is for sure, they want to try new things. This most likely happens to young adventurous people these days. Some people are just hardheaded and feel full of themselves to do these bad things.

Answer 9

People often seek out what is bad for them due to a variety of reasons. For example, some may have low self-esteem and seek out negative reinforcement, while others may be naturally prone to risk-taking behavior. Additionally, people may seek out what is bad for them in an attempt to fill a void in their lives. This may be due to feeling unhappy or unfulfilled and wanting to alter their current state in any way possible. In some cases, people may do so out of curiosity, not fully understanding the consequences of their actions.

Answer 10

bad things seem so much more appealing for some reason. our brains arent wired to recall happy good feelings to be completely honest

Answer 11

People are often motivated by the desire to avoid pain, pleasure, or happiness.

People often want what is bad for them because it is easier to avoid pain, pleasure, or happiness.

Answer 12

It is usually more difficult to do the right thing at first. once it had become ingrained in you. According to what you said, people are incapable of acting in a manner consistent with that of normal people because they are drawn to or desire terrible things readily. For their own welfare and the wellbeing of others around them, let's hope they change their minds or move away from their destructive behavior.

Answer 13

There is a reason why people want what is not good for them. They are not getting what they want from the good guys and girls. It is easier to give in to the bad than do what is right.