Why Do We Lack Character?

My question is why do we lack character when we have with us a forceful mechanism of social control to ward off evil. We often recite " Prayer Keeps us away from Indecency and Evil. I add to it a few more verses from the book of ALLAH saying:

1. Worship ALLAH (2:21) so that you may ward off evil.تقون لعلكم
2. Uphold strongly what has been given and remember its contents (2:63, 7:171)
so that you may ward off evil.تقون لعلكم
3. Observe Law of equivalence (2:179) so that you ward off evil.تقون لعلكم
4. Fast during Ramadan (3:183) so that you may ward off evil.تقون لعلكم
5. Do not touch the orphans’ money except in the most righteous manner, until they reach maturity. Give full weight and full measure when you trade, equitably. Be absolutely just when you bear witness, even against your relatives.. Fulfill your covenant with God. ( 6:152-153) so that you may ward off evil. (تتقون لعلكم ) laAAallakum tattaqoona

The question is do we ever keep this objective in mind when offering Salat or perfoming other functions? My observation is NO, NEVER, NOT AT ALL.

There is not a word to this effect in he liturgy of our saum-o-salat and frame work of other rituals. I have yet to see a supplication attached to any form of worship seeking abstention from indecency and evil. We only seek forgiveness for the crimes we commit. How then we expect to develop the quality of escaping indecency and evil when we neither wish nor intend and never pray for it.? The result is we are all good save lack of moral character.

Who has distracted us from the right path? and when shall we revert? Please do comment.

Muhammad Latif Chaudhery