Why Do People Do Good?
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
This episode is a thought-provoking discussion that challenges our assumptions about human behavior and the role of morality in our lives. Dennis invites listeners to consider the idea that people do good not just because it feels good, but because of a deeper sense of purpose and responsibility. Through a series of engaging conversations with callers, Dennis explores the various motivations behind good deeds, from a sense of duty and conscience to the desire for self-improvement and a better world.
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| 0:00.0 | Life Audio |
| 0:03.0 | On today's episode of Timeless Wisdom |
| 0:07.0 | You're my radio stage. |
| 0:10.0 | Actually, I've been thinking of presenting you with a bill. |
| 0:13.0 | I spend hours in my car when I should be working. |
| 0:15.0 | Wait a minute, I should then present you with the bill. |
| 0:18.0 | You've got that reversed. |
| 0:20.0 | Go ahead. Either way i i think that people do good |
| 0:25.5 | because we're we're wired with a sense of ought and um that what i mean is is i ought to do |
| 0:33.8 | what i know i don't think we're wired with a sense of ought. I think that that's taught |
| 0:39.2 | to us. You ought to share your candy. No, very few children have a built-in sense of I ought to share my |
| 0:49.0 | candy. Well, here's the thing, is that ought, I think, is something that's within all of our hearts, |
| 0:57.0 | and it's only runs in one direction. |
| 0:59.9 | It's something that you can't do evil or sin because you ought to. |
| 1:05.1 | You can share your toys or your candy because you ought to, |
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| 1:47.6 | Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
| 1:51.3 | Hear thousands of hours of Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic radio programs, |
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