Reasoning, apparently, is not so easy for many of us.

It's not enough that our ethical standards be determined by the consideration of pros and cons. This is because such an ethic doesn't go as far as questioning the world in which the moral choices are being made. So in effect a mode of ethic may in fact claim righteousness and goodness for itself, while accepting and promoting evil and blindness in others.

For example like in the present case, it's not just enough to say that gambling is evil because those who gamble and live comfortable, responsible and balanced lives are few, therefore gambling should be discouraged. Or some variant of such an argument.

Neither is it enough to say, 'God said don't gamble; therefore don't gamble'. Why? Because this too limits questioning of the world involved. And it doesn't preclude the possibility of this taboo being utilized by the powerful among us, for example. That is, unquestionability necessarily promotes corruption and the evil that was being avoided in the first place.

Everything must be questioned, because to question is to see. Therefore ethical standards are compared by how much they enable one to see his/her world and understand it and act accordingly.

Imagine how 'unfortunate' it is that an adult should be told what to do and not do? Imagine a country whose citizens need to be told what to do, what to think, what to wear, wear what to dream... Imagine such a world. Are you so comfortable in doing it because you too are among the walking dead?

I suspect that many of us, me included, don't know how to question in worship. The sacred is held hostage by selfishness. To question instead seems like to destroy, to fight: and to be questioned is to be destroyed and invalidated.

Ethics must go beyond this psychology.

Now you can see the effect of the subject matter to the young people currently!