[WikiEN-l] Oddly, Hypocrisy Rooted in High Morals

Ron Ritzman ritzman at gmail.com
Mon Dec 3 02:15:51 UTC 2007


On 12/2/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/3/07, 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.

> What does this have to do with the English Wikipedia? These excursions
> into moral philosophy are really off-topic.

He might be addressing "ends justify means" thinking on WP



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