If you make the barrier to doing the right thing too high then less people will do the right thing. Would you rather someone stopped doing the wrong thing and

If you make the barrier to doing the right thing too high then less people will do the right thing. Would you rather someone stopped doing the wrong thing and kept their "blood money" or just kept doing the wrong thing? its easy to steal some money and then say “oh i was wrong, i am not gonna steal anymore” Good! We want it to be easy for people to stop stealing.