Romans 7:8 But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For apart from the law sin was dead.
If it was not for us coveting so much we may not find ourselves in such a big hole as we may be in! It was because Adam and Eve coveted what could come from the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil that they ate of it.
It is because of our desires for things in life that we stray from what is right and righteous. It is our downfall and we must not ignore it nor the laws which show us it is wrong.
If we ignore it and think we are OK then we are just fooling ourselves because the law is the law and will still be there even if we try to ignore it!