In many cases, it is due to the influence of reward-and-punishment education.
YOUTH: Reward-and-punishment education? PHILOSOPHER: If one takes appropriate action, one receives praise.
If one takes inappropriate action, one receives punishment. Adler was very critical of education by reward and punishment.
It leads to mistaken lifestyles in which people think, If no one is going to praise me, I won’t take appropriate action
and If no one is going to punish me, I’ll engage in inappropriate actions, too.
You already have the goal of wanting to be praised when you start picking up litter.
And if you aren’t praised by anyone, you’ll either be indignant or decide that you’ll never do such a thing again.
Clearly, there’s something wrong with this situation.
YOUTH: No! I wish you wouldn’t trivialize things. I’m not arguing about education.
Wanting to be recognized by people you like, to be accepted by people close to you, is a normal desire.
PHILOSOPHER: You are badly mistaken. Look, we are not living to satisfy other people’s expectations.
YOUTH: What do you mean? PHILOSOPHER: You are not living to satisfy other people’s expectations, and neither am I.
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