well there is a slight gain from it because i don't like rubbish laying around, so if i put it in the bin, it's cleaner.

But if i keep my empty beer cans in the car, I can get in trouble for an open container! The law of the land requires me to throw my beer cans in a ditch.

In my case, it would just feel wrong to leave it - that's not where it goes! Sometimes being anal is beneficial to society.

So what would you have to feel guilty about?

Some people also torture animals for fun. The bar needs to be higher. The point of the shopping cart test is low stakes, no one important is watching, nothing significant to be gained or lost either way--do you do the right thing anyway, because of course?

True, but this is more immediately verifiable than figuring out how someone votes.

The difference is those people think they’re in the right, no pun intended.