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by wardedVibe 1439 days ago
Morality is an evolutionary adaptation to improve group cohesion. It is much easier to attribute blame/praise to active behaviors rather than passive ones, since it's plausible the passive person isn't there's a problem in the first place.

That said, if you do actually care about consistency and the consequences, and don't care about what others think of you, then active/passive makes no difference.