[WikiEN-l] Oddly, Hypocrisy Rooted in High Morals
Matthew Brown
morven at gmail.com
Sun Dec 2 13:56:55 UTC 2007
On Dec 2, 2007 5:39 AM, Daniel R. Tobias <dan at 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.
Thanks for that, Dan.
-Matt
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