Musings: Afterlife benefits for good behavior?

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It saddens me whenever people resort to using religious scripture to justify why we should be kind to other beings.

Is receiving afterlife benefits (or avoiding divine punishment) the only reason to be a good person?

Is our society so emotionally bankrupt that the only way for people to be decent to others is through religious guilt/personal gain?

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