The question here, "I have the opportunity to get away with an immoral act and
             profit from it. Apart from God's commandments, is there any other reason why I
             shouldn't do it?" has many answers to it. The easiest and most obvious answer is guilt.
             If you commit this crime you will feel guilty. There is also the issue of karma. What you
             put out into the world does inevitably come back to you.
             Let us briefly look first at the issue of religion. Religion is a powerful motivation to
             behave morally. The fear of "Hell," or its counterparts in non-Christian religions is
             probably the main reason most people behave morally. While it is a very good argument
             for morality, there are other reasons to avoid acting immorally than religion.
             One very good reason is guilt. In the Woody Allen film, "Crimes and
             Misdemeanors," Dr. Judah Rosenthal is has decided to have his mistress killed to keep
             her from revealing his philandering and also his shady financial dealings. Already
             feeling guilty about cheating on his wife has driven him to distraction. In having this
             women killed, Dr. Rosenthal will be committing himself to living a lie for the rest of his
             life. He will wake up every morning plagued with the thought that he ended the life of
             Guilt is an intensely strong emotion, capable of driving people to desperate
             means. Take example the novel Crime and Punishment. Rodion Romanovitch
             Raskolnikoff, the main character in the story, experiences madness, including delusions
             and paranoia, after killing a pawnbroker. He began acting irritable whenever the murder
             was mentioned, and the weight of his worry eventually drove him to confession. So
             even though it seemed as though he would "get away with it," Raskolnikoff's own guilt
             Another reason, and possibly the best reason, to be moral is "Karma", o
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