On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 05:56 -0800, Matthew Brown wrote:
On Dec 2, 2007 5:39 AM, Daniel R. Tobias
<dan(a)tobias.name> wrote:
Morally upstanding people are the do-gooders of
society, right?
Actually, a new study finds that a sense of moral superiority can
lead to unethical acts, such as cheating. In fact, some of the best
do-gooders can become the worst cheats.
Perhaps it's worth all of us remembering that it's easiest to make bad
choices when we're convinced we're on the side of right.
Indeed. This is especially enlightening with our recent case with
Durova, and (from a quick glance) that of [[WP:RFAR#Matthew_Hoffman]] as
linked to by Charles.
KTC
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