Do we always do what we think its best ?

I can only speak for myself – and no, I don’t always do what I think is best morally. I should, but I don’t always. I wish I did, though.

Of course not. We’re humans. : )

No, we don’t.

The only thing we can do is do what’s best. The second we make a choice we have done so because we believe it is the best of all options.

No. There’s been times when I’ve gone against what I know/think is best. It goes against every fibre of your being, but there ya go :/ As @CaptainHarley said, we’re only human

Welcome to Fluther.

Hell of a Q to start with. Couldn’t you just ask something simple, like ‘Why are we here?’ No?

I think… we often try to imagine or pretend that we act for ‘what is best’, but then the question is “How did you calculate that?” And our minds are capable of such amazingly convoluted ‘logic’ sometimes, including misreading data, misunderstanding data that was read clearly, misinterpreting data that was properly read and ‘comprehended’ ... and rationalizing away the parts we read, understand and interpret correctly… so that no one can really answer that question.

Ha! I was just about to get up and mix myself a stiff drink, and you had to ask that!

Welcome to Fluther, @BSEliza. I hope you enjoy the repartee here. No I am going to be away for a while doing what’s probably not best. :-)

If you don’t you put yourself at risk. That is the whole point of morality.

speaking only for myself—no. Sometimes I pick the course of least resistance or of more immediate gratification and know better. Sometimes I can’t even tell which is the right choice.
To garble Robert Frost, sometimes it is too snowy an evening to know which path to choose, the less travelled or the frequently chosen.

Usually, but even if otherwise, we usually convince ourselves that it is.

No, not always.