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Post by jade on Mar 16, 2010 11:36:32 GMT
According to a study, when people feel they have been morally virtuous by saving the planet through their purchases of organic baby food, for example, it leads to the "licensing [of] selfish and morally questionable behaviour", otherwise known as "moral balancing" or "compensatory ethics".
Do Green Products Make Us Better People is published in the latest edition of the journal Psychological Science. Its authors, Canadian psychologists Nina Mazar and Chen-Bo Zhong, argue that people who wear what they call the "halo of green consumerism" are less likely to be kind to others, and more likely to cheat and steal. "Virtuous acts can license subsequent asocial and unethical behaviours," they writeLINKIs this true? do people who purport to want to save the planet actually become selfish greedy types whom you would not want to have round for dinner? I generally don't want them round for other reasons but am happy to add to my list of reasons not to invite them (*runs and hides from jean who would always be welcome )
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Post by fretslider on Mar 16, 2010 12:17:11 GMT
According to a study, when people feel they have been morally virtuous by saving the planet through their purchases of organic baby food, for example, it leads to the "licensing [of] selfish and morally questionable behaviour", otherwise known as "moral balancing" or "compensatory ethics".
Do Green Products Make Us Better People is published in the latest edition of the journal Psychological Science. Its authors, Canadian psychologists Nina Mazar and Chen-Bo Zhong, argue that people who wear what they call the "halo of green consumerism" are less likely to be kind to others, and more likely to cheat and steal. "Virtuous acts can license subsequent asocial and unethical behaviours," they writeLINKIs this true? do people who purport to want to save the planet actually become selfish greedy types whom you would not want to have round for dinner? I generally don't want them round for other reasons but am happy to add to my list of reasons not to invite them (*runs and hides from jean who would always be welcome ) There is no Damascene moment, they there were probably selfish before they became green - being green just provides another excuse for some form of self-gratification.
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Post by mouse on Mar 16, 2010 17:53:57 GMT
According to a study, when people feel they have been morally virtuous by saving the planet through their purchases of organic baby food, for example, it leads to the "licensing [of] selfish and morally questionable behaviour", otherwise known as "moral balancing" or "compensatory ethics".
Do Green Products Make Us Better People is published in the latest edition of the journal Psychological Science. Its authors, Canadian psychologists Nina Mazar and Chen-Bo Zhong, argue that people who wear what they call the "halo of green consumerism" are less likely to be kind to others, and more likely to cheat and steal. "Virtuous acts can license subsequent asocial and unethical behaviours," they write
Is this true? do people who purport to want to save the planet actually become selfish greedy types whom you would not want to have round for dinner?
have always found people with a mission are very hard to sit at a dinner table with...the virtue halo is very trying..from not wearing leather to organic and the trying to convert others is not some thing to be encouraged.....we all have views but dinner conversation is suposed to be interesting not missionary zeal on saving the planet..global warming and the conditions of chickens...ughghgh time and place
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Post by Big Lin on Mar 25, 2010 14:04:09 GMT
Hey, what exactly are we talking about here?
Yes, self-righteous people are a pain in the arse and whether they're advocating Green policies or some other 'way of life' that's pretty common.
On the other hand, wanting to look after the environment is a good thing IMHO and of course I try to do my bit but I certainly wouldn't go ramming it down people's throats.
Like with MOST of the problems of the world, it's a question of tolerance.
The intolerant people cause most of the world's difficulties (closely followed by the greedy ones and of course the cruel ones.)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2010 17:54:59 GMT
I'm quite happy to have planet savers and the ethically minded round to dinner, but not the ones who go on about it all the time! We've had a couple in our walking groups. One of them was food enthusiastic and one of the most dishonest people I've met; she used to justify not paying for her train fare on the grounds that she "had rescue cats to feed" (four cats which she kept confined in her flat). She was also an animal rights activist with a criminal record and I have wondered whether the organisation just provided her with an outlet for violence.
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