Say there was a button you could push that would, in an instant, remove your conscience. You'd be free, as it were, from feelings of guilt, shame and sympathy forever. You could be as cunning and terrible as you wanted in order to get what you want. Nobody even needs to get hurt -- it's by no means a guarantee that you'll turn into a cold blooded murderer -- it's just that you wouldn't feel bad yourself if someone did suffer on your way up. You will also, as it happens, be excellent at faking it. Nobody would ever know, and you'd be a lot happier.

Would you push it?

Explain your answer. If it's yes, well, the reasoning is pretty obvious. Who wouldn't be happier without that shame-foisting guilt-mongerer's unseemly mitts all over their anterior prefrontal cortex? But if you said no, why did you say no?

Would you rather be good or happy?