Lance Davis writes, “I always felt we are responsible for the decisions we make, right or wrong.”
I would add that the difference between an ethical person and one who is unethical is that the ethical person can and does more accurately predict the consequences of alternative courses of action and makes more pro-survival decisions based on that more accurate prediction.
Based on that observation, teaching our children to stop and think about the consequences of alternatives is perhaps one of the most valuable lessons we can give them.