Men are less worried about letting down someone who has made himself loved than someone who makes himself feared. Love binds when someone recognizes he should be grateful to you, but, since men are a sad lot, gratitude is forgotten the moment it’s inconvenient. Fear means fear of punishment, and that’s something people never forget.
This is psychologically true; the negative influences are stronger than the positive . It should be no surprise that philosophers who disregard an objective morality come to this conclusion because it is
practical.
