Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. -- Oscar Wilde Are you a moral person? If you’re like most people (which most people are), you tend to overestimate how ethical you are compared …
Just World Bias
No good deed goes unpunished. -- Clare Boothe Luce We like to believe that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people. In movies, the good guys almost always win. In …
Power and Empathy
Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. – John Adams These last few weeks we've been exploring the …
Why You Might Be Wrong
It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth. -- George Burns It doesn’t really feel like autumn until November rolls around. …
Feeling Bad for Doing Bad
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. -- Mark Twain Guilt is a most irritating sensation. Without any physical damage, without any cut, abrasion, …