Morals are the rules that we follow when there are no rules and no one is watching.

Corollary

When we create laws to prevent immoral behavior, we make society less moral.

Citations

In the old days, you used to have to do tons of research – read books and do studies and stuff – before making claims like this. Now you can just stick it on your blog and someone will come along and say “that sounds just like what that famous philosopher said in his second book”. If only I knew someone who lived next to a philosopher, he could ask him.