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

Anthony wikimail at inbox.org
Mon Dec 3 02:38:28 UTC 2007


On Dec 2, 2007 8:41 PM, 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.
>
Discussing moral philosophy, isn't that how our co-founders met?

More on topic than the definitional difference between private and
secret, anyway.



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