unless there is a shiny beacon of "feels good" as a reward there would be no point in going though suffering and pain.
Sometimes the only point is it's the right thing. The only point. Maybe we're different, but we're both old enough I remember past and recent, thankfully only a very few, nothing felt or feels good about it.
Hate to switch points here, but logically even if there is a feel good for doing what's "right," whether we choose what's right because it feels good or whether it feels good because it's right solely depends on how you look at it, whatever prejudice (in the larger sense) or worldview you have.
Give me an example. I think in that case we are forced to make the choice, but if it were up to our own devices we would not.
I am thinking of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night he was arrested. He submits to the will of the Father, but that's not his will. It's not his choice.
whether we choose what's right because it feels good or whether it feels good because it's right solely depends on how you look at it, whatever prejudice (in the larger sense) or worldview you have.
Well, yes, I agree.