Power and Hypocrisy By Joel F. Wade
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2010/09/26 05:12:15
People in positions of power
are very susceptible to behaving in ways that contradict their own
public dictates. And the more legitimate they believe their power to be,
the more brazenly they will do what they tell others not to do.
These are the findings of a study by Lammers, Stapel, and Gailinsky, Power Increases Hypocrisy: Moralizing in Reasoning, Immorality in Behavior (Psychological Science, May 2010, 21 [5])
Read full article;
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/09/power_and_hypocrisy.html
are very susceptible to behaving in ways that contradict their own
public dictates. And the more legitimate they believe their power to be,
the more brazenly they will do what they tell others not to do.
- Barrack
Obama attacks the "fat cats," declares that at some point we've made
enough money, and nags us for not being generous enough -- requiring the
government to spread the wealth around -- while making millions of
dollars himself, giving little to charity, and taking ostentatious vacations. - Al
Gore excoriates us on how we need to restrict our wasteful lifestyles
and limit our carbon footprint while flying around the world in private
jets and living in huge homes using a dozen times the energy of most people. - Republicans
held the presidency and enjoyed majorities in the House and Senate for
most of 2001-2007, elected by majorities who wanted smaller and less
intrusive government. But many of those elected Republicans used their
power to grow the government and increase their personal power and
prestige -- the exact same habits as they had criticized in the
Democrats. - Lisa
Murkowski promised to abide by the results of the primaries, but when
she lost, she betrayed her promise and is now running as a write-in
candidate purely for the cause of her own power, no matter the
consequences for anybody else.
These
are all examples of world-class hypocrisy. They say one thing and do
another. They go around telling everybody else how to live while they
themselves indulge their own whims and appetites. Their hypocrisy is
fueled by a sense of entitlement to their power, and if we want less
hypocrisy, we need to make sure that people do not get too comfortable
in that power.
are all examples of world-class hypocrisy. They say one thing and do
another. They go around telling everybody else how to live while they
themselves indulge their own whims and appetites. Their hypocrisy is
fueled by a sense of entitlement to their power, and if we want less
hypocrisy, we need to make sure that people do not get too comfortable
in that power.
These are the findings of a study by Lammers, Stapel, and Gailinsky, Power Increases Hypocrisy: Moralizing in Reasoning, Immorality in Behavior (Psychological Science, May 2010, 21 [5])
Read full article;
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/09/power_and_hypocrisy.html
"Their hypocrisy is fueled by a sense of entitlement to their power, and if we want less
hypocrisy, we need to make sure that people do not get too comfortable
in that power."
So ture.