Foundations of ethics - shame and fear of wrongdoing

‘Others will be shameless; we shall be shameful here’: effacement should be practised thus. ‘Others will have no fear of wrongdoing; we shall be afraid of wrongdoing here’: effacement should be practised thus. MN 8

“And how is an untrue man possessed of bad qualities? Here an untrue man has no faith, no shame, no fear of wrongdoing; he is unlearned, lazy, forgetful, and unwise. That is how an untrue man is possessed of bad qualities. M110

“Bhikkhus, these two bright qualities protect the world. What two? Shame and fear of wrongdoing. If these two bright qualities did not protect the world, there would not be seen here [any restraint regarding] one’s mother, aunts, or the wives of one’s teachers and [other] respected people. The world would become promiscuous, like goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, dogs and jackals. But because these two bright qualities protect the world, there is seen here [restraint regarding] one’s mother, aunts, or the wives of one’s teachers and [other] respected people.” 

AN ll 9